Kate Poole, Senior Attorney, San Francisco
Skeptics of the portfolio approach recently put forward by NRDC and a coalition of business, municipal, water agency, and conservation interests have asked the question: ‘Why would water … Continue reading →
Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, San Francisco
In his State of the State address, Governor Brown emphasized his commitment to developing a visionary Bay-Delta plan that will restore the estuary and its fish, and ensur… Continue reading →
Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, San Francisco
Last Tuesday, the Economic Roundtable released a report evaluating the economic benefits of local water supply projects in the Los Angeles area. The report pr… Continue reading →
Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, San Francisco Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the June 2 House Subcommittee hearing on Congressman Nunes’ H.R. 1837 was the lack of focus on solutions. California faces real water ch… Continue reading →
At the end of 2010, the Schwarzenegger Administration released a draft BDCP plan that received a great deal of attention in the media. Unfortunately, the Administration’s draft financing plan for the BDCP received far less attention.&… Continue reading →
Last week, the Department of Water Resources released its new State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report for 2009. The report opens with the dire claims about Delta water supplies that we have heard so frequently from DWR and some water… Continue reading →