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PRESS RELEASE: Landmark legislation to address California’s water supply challenges heads to the Governor’s desk

September 5, 2025

Press release from California Water for All: SB 72 (Caballero), critical water legislation to transform the state’s water management approach,...

NOTICE: CDFA to host webinar on Regulatory Alignment Study Draft Recommendations

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 3, 2025

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), in collaboration with the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and the State...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Protecting tribal water uses requires rejecting the Delta Conveyance Project

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

September 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Regina Cuellar, Chairwoman of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians For over 50 years, California law...

SFEWS: State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, plus endangered smelt indices and freshwater inflows

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Delta science

September 2, 2025

From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....

COLORADO NEWSLINE: The government takes a dim view of the Colorado River’s future. Is it too optimistic?

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Colorado River

August 26, 2025

‘Immediate action’ needed as states try to reach agreement about natural flow formula by Allen Best, Colorado Newsline A version...

COMMENTARY: Why every Californian has a stake in who Metropolitan picks for its new GM

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Commentary Planning and management

August 25, 2025

By Bruce Reznik, executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper When it comes to determining the fate of big water projects...

COMMENTARY: The State Water Project’s dirty little secret

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

August 20, 2025

By Brett Baker, a sixth generation Delta farmer and attorney representing the Central Delta Water Agency and various Delta landowners...

LESTER SNOW COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom gives state lawmakers opportunity to make water supplies more secure for Californians

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

August 13, 2025

By Lester Snow, Director of the California Department of Water Resources and Secretary for Natural Resources under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...

COMMENTARY: Cutting Through the Misinformation — The Delta Conveyance Project Is Essential for California’s Water Future

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 12, 2025

By Charley Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition In response to: Newsom’s Budget Trailers are a Planned Attack...

COMMENTARY: Legislators must protect communities and groundwater from pollution from advanced manufacturing facilities

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Commentary Policy and regulation

July 25, 2025

By Deja McCauley, Land Use and Health Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles California legislators voted on June...

SFEWS: Traditional knowledge and current science inform conservation and preservation practices in the Delta

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Delta science

June 30, 2025

This edition of SFEWS (Volume 23, Issue 2) includes research on integrating traditional knowledge with science in the Delta, a...

PRESS RELEASE: Kern County Water Agency extends deadline for Western Hills Water District to September 30

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Planning and management

June 27, 2025

From the Kern County Water Agency: At its meeting on June 26, 2025, the Kern County Water Agency’s Board of...

WATER WRIGHTS: The Water Blueprint and Trump’s Executive Order 14181

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Policy and regulation

June 20, 2025

By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: Shared risk at the heart of dispute over Colorado River

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Colorado River

June 4, 2025

By Allen Best, Colorado Newsline Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when...

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

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Commentary Policy and regulation

June 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...

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