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...
By: Ashley Overhouse, Defenders of Wildlife and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta These last couple of years, the Newsom administration...
By David Saint-Amand, board president of the Indian Wells Valley Water District This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...
By Deja McCauley, Land Use and Health Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles California legislators voted on June 30 to adopt two budget trailer bills, AB 130 and SB 131, that rolled back key protections in the California...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center If there is anything that might...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center When it comes to building...
By Scott Hayman, chair of the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority. This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California is at a groundwater management crossroads as legal loopholes threaten to undo the state’s progress toward responsible...