From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) In testimony to the State Water Resources Control Board, California Water Impact Network...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Of all the possible ways to increase California’s water supply, nothing compares to the potential of the so-called “big gulp,” that is, the ability of new...
By Carolee Krieger, C-WIN Executive Director Water policy is convoluted, difficult to parse, and usually proceeds incrementally. But sometimes things...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center A few months ago I had...
Commentary by Tom Zuckerman, a Delta farmer located in Stockton, and Gary Bobker, Program Director at Friends of the River Governor Newsom doesn’t trust Californians to make smart decisions about the state’s future water supply. His push to waive state...
By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers,...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center The short answer is no. Never....
Guest commentary by Regina Cuellar, Chairwoman of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians For over 50 years, California law and regulations have designated beneficial water uses that require water quality protection. However, tribal water uses have never been included,...
By Bruce Reznik, executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper When it comes to determining the fate of big water projects...
By Devon Provo, an urban planner and senior policy manager at Accelerate Resilience L.A. This commentary was originally published by...
The controversial project diverts water and funding away from real solutions From Save California Salmon Today’s announcement that Governor Newsom’s California Water Commission allocated another $219 million for the proposed Sites Reservoir is a harmful regression for California’s rivers, their...
By Karla Nemeth, DWR Director When two of every three Californians pay their water bills each month, they pay for...
By Brett Baker, a sixth generation Delta farmer and attorney representing the Central Delta Water Agency and various Delta landowners...
By Lester Snow, Director of the California Department of Water Resources and Secretary for Natural Resources under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Since the 1960s, governors of both parties, quite different in their priorities, have struggled to protect water deliveries from the...