Water Supply
Video
From California Economic Summit - Wednesday, Nov. 28,
2012
Coalition response... CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is exactly right when she says we need to
update the state's water supply infrastructure. There is a direct connection
between water supply reliability for farmers and the availability and cost of
food at the grocery store. Consumers have a direct connection and a
financial stake in California's farms because they share the benefits and
bounty with the farmers who grow the food and fiber we depend on every day.
Americans would be spending an additional $3,820 per year (in 2010 dollars) if
our food costs matched those in 28 other high-income countries around the
world. Adequate and dependable farm water supplies help make those savings
possible.
Fisheries
Story
From The Record Searchlight - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Stockton Record - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Modesto Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Story
From CBS 47 - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
The following response is
for both of the above stories.
Coalition response... Seeing salmon returned to the San Joaquin River, even experimental
populations, is exciting for many people but we can't let the news of the day
divert our attention from a serious situation. Thousands of farmers gave up
water in the negotiated settlement to restore the river and downstream areas
that are subject to flooding without adequate protections. Promises were made
that provided for a way to recapture some of the water used to restore the
river and return it for the purposes of growing food. So far the promise
remains without any concrete plan on how, or even if, it will happen. The other
issue is the need for a set of protections that must be in place to prevent
crop losses and private property impacts in the downstream reaches of the river
after restoration flows commence. We have already seen flooding from earlier
experimental flows. Full restoration of the river without addressing these
lingering issues could devastate local economies and the food supply that comes
from one of California's most important farming regions.
WATER SUPPLY
Opinion
By Ellen Hanak
From Sacramento Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Blog
From Water Food Environment- The Blog of David Guy -
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
Report
From Public Policy Institute of California - November
2012
DELTA
Blog
From BDCP Blog - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
MEETINGS
Press Release
From Red Bluff Daily News - Thursday, Nov. 29,
2012
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