SJV WATER: Water agency, again, seeks to have judge booted from Kern River case SJV Water Water rights and water law July 3, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is asking the 5th District Court of Appeal to order...
EDWARD RING: Politics and the Cost of Water Infrastructure Edward Ring CommentaryDelta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation July 3, 2025By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center When it comes to building...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Violating California residents’ right to water Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 3, 2025People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump Administration Acts to ‘Severely Weaken’ a Key Environmental Law Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 3, 2025The White House said changes issued under the National Environmental Policy Act would simplify an “overly burdensome process.” Critics accused...
DAILY DIGEST, 7/2: CA Aqueduct repairs: Billions needed to fix subsidence; Cabaldon says it is time to ‘move on’ from Delta tunnel; Healthy Rivers and Landscapes funding restored; Newsom calls on Trump to boost wildfire preparedness and ‘make America rake again’; and more … Maven Daily Digest July 2, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
METROPOLITAN IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: California Aqueduct repairs: Billions needed to fix subsidence Maven Water project operations July 2, 2025Land subsidence along the California Aqueduct is threatening the ability of the State Water Project to deliver water, an important...
SJV WATER: Homeowners approve 200% water rate increase in hopes of keeping Kern County water flowing – at least for now SJV Water Planning and management July 2, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Residents of a development hundreds of miles north of Kern County on Saturday approved a...
PRESS RELEASE: Governor Newsom challenges President Trump to adopt model executive order to help ‘Make America Rake Again’ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Wildfires and watersheds July 2, 2025What you need to know: California has invested billions of dollars to fight fires and treated millions of acres to...
COMMENTARY: How deep-pocketed groundwater users are stalling California’s sustainability plans Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News July 2, 2025By Scott Hayman, chair of the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority. This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up...
DAN WALTERS: California lawmakers finally achieve ‘holy grail’ reform of state’s key environmental law Cal Matters CommentaryPolicy and regulation July 2, 2025By Dan Walters, Cal Matters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Jerry Brown once...
C-WIN COMMENTARY: The boot on our necks CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) CommentaryPolicy and regulation July 2, 2025By Carolee Krieger, C-WIN Year in and year out, decade after decade, through gubernatorial administrations of both parties, Californians have...
DAILY DIGEST, 7/1: Judge backs Reclamation in fight over CVP water contract conversions; SGMA implementation shifts from planning to reality; CA lawmakers approve last-minute, sweeping rollbacks to CEQA; Western states step up to save their wetlands; and more … Maven Daily Digest July 1, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge backs Reclamation in fight over California water contract conversions Courthouse News Service Water project operations July 1, 2025A federal judge agreed that a 2016 law requires the Bureau of Reclamation to convert short-term contracts into permanent ones...
DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Rice: The other climate- and wildlife-friendly solution for the Delta Delta Protection Commission Agriculture July 1, 2025By Holly Heyser Delta Protection Commission Rice acreage is growing rapidly in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s agricultural core. It nearly...
SJV WATER: Boaters hold “portage protest” over low flows on upper Kern River SJV Water Water rights and water law July 1, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Six rafting enthusiasts held a grueling protest Sunday to draw awareness to what they say...
