Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Central
Valley Business Times
Coalition
response...Opponents to
the Bay Delta Conservation Plan continue to reject the science that has been
conducted over the years developing the current proposal. Economist Jeff
Michael from the University of the Pacific rejects the work of economist David
Sunding from the University of California, Berkeley. Other critics refuse to
budge from their positions. Now is the time that all interests should put aside
their self-interests and work together to resolve the water problems
confronting California.
From: Cathy
O'Connor, Sacramento Bee
Coalition
response...It is time
for all Californians to come together, including Delta advocates, to solve
problems that in some cases have been 150 years in the making. Thousands of
farms and 25 million Californians depend on water that flows through the Delta
and they have experienced water shortages that have caused land to go unplanted
and a cut back in jobs on San Joaquin Valley farms. The Bay Delta Conservation
Plan is intended to fix these delivery problems and at the same time restore
the Delta ecosystem.
From: Matania
Ginosar, Sacramento Bee
Coalition
response...Where are
the water subsidies that so many people are quick to claim? No subsidies exist
for any user receiving water from the State Water Project. In fact, users pay a
full contracted amount even in years when they receive less than their
contracts call for. Congress decided when the Central Valley Project that the
interest applied to construction costs would be waived and that is the only
amount that is not charged. Considering the return in billions of dollars of
crops produced with this water, it has been a great investment for the American
people.
People also need to
realize the role that agricultural exports play in our state's economy. More
than $16 billion of farm products are exported each year and that means jobs
and tax dollars for California's economy.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Press
release, California Farm Water Coalition
From: Press
release, Kern County Water Agency
From: Press
release, State Water Contractors
From: Press
release, California Natural Resources Agency
From:
Announcement, BDCP
From: Pamela
Martineau, ACWA
From: Bettina
Boxall, Los Angeles Times
From: Wyatt
Buchanan, SF Chronicle
From: Paul
Burgarino and Steven Harmon, Contra Costa Times
From: Paul
Burgarino and Steven Harmon, San Jose Mercury News
From: Alex
Breitler, The Record
From: Steve
Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
From: Janet
Zimmerman, Riverside Press-Enterprise
From: Heather
Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record
From: Ben van
der Meer, Sacramento Business Journal
From: Associated
Press, The Record
From: Associated
Press, Fresno Bee
From: Associated
Press, San Francisco Chronicle
From: Nancy
Vogel, California Majority Report
From: ABC 7 TV
From: John
Myers, NBC 10 TV
From: Amy Quinn,
Capital Public Radio
From: Bruce
Ross, Redding Record Searchlight
Groundwater
From: Joshua
Emerson Smith, Merced Sun-Star
Salton Sea
From: Colt
Stewart, Desert Sun
Farming
From:Catherine
Green, Los Angeles Times
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