From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for a covered action has been...
“Any proposal to exempt water projects from judicial review would violate due process and undermine public confidence,” he writes. Secretary...
Amendments to H.R. 6147 would strike language prohibiting lawsuits against California water projects including WaterFix Today, Congressmen Jerry McNerney (CA-09), and John Garamendi (CA-03) offered amendments to H.R. 6147, the Interior and Environment appropriations bills, to remove language that would...
The Delta Reform Act, as implemented by the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC), requires a project proponent to certify through a Consistency Determination that proposed covered...
Public comment period open until September 17 From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
Yesterday, the Metropolitan Water District voted once again to support construction of the full California Water Fix project, amongst allegations of Brown Act violations and backroom deals. Here are reactions I’ve received so far: From the Delta Counties Coalition: The...
Board authorizes $10.8 billion for project to modernize state water delivery system From the Metropolitan Water District: The board of...
Earlier today, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational hearing on proposed amendments to the State...
The June meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta included an update on the Cal Water Fix project, and an update on Delta science efforts regarding longfin smelt studies, predation studies, and the Yolo Bypass Fish Habitat Restoration...
Hearing to resume on August 2nd The California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Resources Control Board has...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California WaterFix Administrative Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) has been...
Re-vote scheduled for July 10 board meeting The following is the text of a memo sent to the Metropolitan Board of Directors from General Counsel Marcia Scully and General Manager Jeff Kightlinger: Date: June 6, 2018 To: Board of Directors,...
This latest ruling letter from the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Board addresses DWR’s objections to...
At the May meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members received an update on...
Lawsuit alleges Council violated the Delta Reform Act and the California Environmental Quality Act by amending the Delta Plan to give the tunnels priority over restoring the Bay-Delta From the Center for Biological Diversity: A coalition of environmental groups today...