Goodbye “beneficiary pays”

April 17, 2013

Fran Spivy-Weber, who has served on the State Water Resources Control Board since 2007 and was recently reappointed by Governor Brown to another four-year term, was the keynote speaker at the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) conference last week. (CMUA was formed “to protect the interests of California’s consumer-owned utilities before the California Legislature.”) Spivy-Weber [...]

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Resolutions of Necessity hearing delayed

April 17, 2013

The California Water Commission has notified us that the Commission will not be considering amendments to Resolutions of Necessity in April, as we previously announced.  The items will probably be considered on May 15. 

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Why would taxpayers pay tens of billions for Peripheral Tunnels for Mega-Growers of Permanent Crops on Unsuitable Land?

April 10, 2013

“Mark Borba exemplifies an overdeveloped sense of entitlement…” Why would taxpayers pay tens of billions for Peripheral Tunnels for Mega-Growers of Permanent Crops on Unsuitable Land? Statement from Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta “Mark Borba and his family farm on about 8500 acres in the Westlands Water District with federally subsidized water [...]

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Tension beneath surface

April 8, 2013

Tension beneath surface By Alex Breitler Stockton Record April 06, 2013 Proposal for a pair of tunnels to divert water away from Delta has residents concerned how life above ground will be affected. Continued…

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State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years

April 8, 2013

State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years By Matt Weiser Sacramento Bee Originally Published Sunday, Apr. 07, 2013 The state of California’s proposal to build two massive water diversion tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a major undertaking by itself. But the current plans also call for rerouting [...]

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Peripheral Tunnel Opponents to Hold “Death of Delta” Funeral

April 2, 2013

Media Advisory for Thursday, April 4, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.comTwitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Peripheral Tunnel Opponents to Hold “Death of Delta” Funeral Protest Brown Administration’s Refusal to Consider Alternatives; Present Coffin to Peripheral Tunnel Proponents Opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta [...]

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