Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Editorial Staff, LA Daily News
From: Editorial Staff, Whittier Daily News
From: Editorial Staff, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
From: Editorial Staff, Long Beach Press Telegram
From: Editorial Staff, Torrance Daily Breeze
From: Editorial Staff, Pasadena Star News
From: Editorial Staff, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
John Garamendi, in the main an
excellent statewide leader as insurance commissioner and lieutenant governor,
has so often represented all Californians well. He has served a Sacramento-area
district in Congress since 2009.
But it seems the politician has
now lost his statewide focus. In a letter last week to the Interior Department
about the proposed Bay Delta water project, Garamendi, along with six other
Northern California members of Congress cosigners, takes our state back to the
perennial North-vs.-South rivalry over water and other matters.
From: Maven, Maven's Notebook
Lest you think all the correspondence
is negative, here are two letters of support for the Bay Delta Conservation
Plan. The letters are from the Los Angeles Business Council and the
Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties Chambers of Commerce Alliance, and they
begin by applauding Governor Brown for recognizing that it's time to abandon
the status quo by advancing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) which will
restore and protect the Delta and provide water supply reliability.
From: Maven, Maven's Notebook
Friends of the River has sent a
letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Bureau of Reclamation and others saying that the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan (BDCP) is "not a permissible project under the Endangered
Species Act because it would adversely modify critical habitat for five
endangered and threatened species."
Water Bond
From: Ashley Bailey and
Shirley Jahad, KPCC-89.3 Radio
A new survey finds support for
the state's ambitious water plan dries up when the talk turns to money and that
only half of voters think Gov. Jerry Brown is doing a good job in office.
The USC/LA Times poll released
Monday asked voters about two proposals to change the way California transports
water. Voters supported both plans until they found out how much they cost,
said Dan Schnur, who teaches politics at USC and directed the poll.
From: Dan Walters, Fairfield
Daily Republic
(This article was previously
printed in the Sacramento Bee.)
There is simply nothing more
important to California's future than an adequate and dependable supply of
clean water.
Accordingly, there is simply
nothing more complex than its water politics, as we are beginning to see as
Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and water stakeholders attempt to write a 2014
bond issue.
Fisheries
From: Press Release, USBR
The Bureau of Reclamation today
released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact to fund operations and maintenance of the Interim San Joaquin Salmon
Conservation and Research Facility by the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
The Interim Facility is a
pilot-scale hatchery facility adjacent to the San Joaquin River Fish Hatchery,
about one mile downstream of Friant Dam in the town of Friant in Fresno County.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is coordinating with the National Marine
Fisheries Service for enhancement of species permits to begin establishing a
spring-run Chinook salmon population to be reintroduced into the San Joaquin
River.
Transfers
From: John Holland, Modesto
Bee
The Oakdale Irrigation District
board could vote today on a possible one-year water sale to San Francisco.
Under the tentative deal, the
city would pay $112,000 for the option to buy up to 2,240 acre-feet, about 1
percent of the OID supply from the Stanislaus River. The price for the actual
amount of water delivered has not been set.
People
From: Zachary K. Johnson,
Stockton Record
A San Joaquin County elected
leader is now the chairman of the Delta Protection Commission, a state agency
charged with protecting and restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Larry Ruhstaller, a member of the
county board of supervisors, has been steeped in state and local water issues
for years, including as a member of the Delta Protection Commission since 2007.
Meetings
From: Announcement, Western
Farm Press
The University of California
Cooperative will conduct an Irrigation and Water Management Workshop Oct. 9 at
the University of California Desert Research & Extension Center in El
Centro, Calif. For more information, contact Bali at (760) 352-9474 and kmbali@ucanr.edu.
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