By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Earlier this month a letter was sent to Governor Newsom from the State Water Contractors, an association of 27 water agencies that together deliver water to nearly 30 million Californians...
By Carolee Krieger, C-WIN Executive Director Water policy is convoluted, difficult to parse, and usually proceeds incrementally. But sometimes things happen that dramatically alter the legal and regulatory landscapes. It can be a court ruling, such as the 1983 National...
By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers, streams, lakes, and bays. It might seem redundant, then, to subject our water quality control plans to environmental review under...
By Bruce Reznik, executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper When it comes to determining the fate of big water projects in California, there is no bigger influencer than the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Metropolitan is the largest water...
The controversial project diverts water and funding away from real solutions From Save California Salmon Today’s announcement that Governor Newsom’s...
By Karla Nemeth, DWR Director When two of every three Californians pay their water bills each month, they pay for reservoirs and aqueducts that were designed for them a half century ago. The State Water Project was conceived in the...