On August 25, 2018, California Senate Bill 120 was amended to eliminate all previous contents, or “gutted”, so that it could serve as a vehicle for the language of Assembly Bill 1000 (Friedman, D-Glendale), the 2017 bill that was designed principally to block the advancement...
By Winston Hickox and Julian Canete, Special to CALmatters/ source link but I wouldn’t use it: https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/my-turn-legislature-must-block-desert-water-grab/ The California Environmental Quality Act requires a stringent evaluation of the implications of major projects and requires that impacts be avoided. It’s a long, complicated process. When a project completes the arduous...
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2018/07/24/new-program-offers-threatened-california-desert-tortoises-head-start/798579002/ Spartacus moves slowly, but with determination. The male California Desert Tortoise is not a big fan of the heat, and if it were up to him Spartacus would probably be hiding from the morning sun a few feet underground in a cool burrow of his...
Cadiz Inc. is pleased to announce that the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce has joined the growing coalition of individuals, businesses, chambers, labor and civic organizations in support of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project – a public-private partnership that will...
July 3, 2018 BY JOHN VIRATA Reptiles Magazine A head start program to help bolster the wild populations of the Agassiz desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) was launched last week in Southern California. The program, part of a collaboration effort with the U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Zoo Global, Edwards Air...
Inland Empire Community News By Courtney Degener July 10, 2018 The creation of California’s water supply and delivery system generations ago was a feat of innovation and engineering that allowed the state to become one of the most desired places in the country to live today. For decades,...
