Legislation

Governor Jerry Brown is facing huge opposition from a member of his own political party. Assembly member Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) is proposing legislation that would require voter approval on Governor Brown’s controversial Twin Tunnels project that would divert water from the Delta to other parts of the Central Valley. …

California Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) introduced a bill, which would use part of the $7.12 billion Water Bond money from Proposition 1, to expedite a couple of water storage projects. The bill would set aside $2.7 billion to build the Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley and the Temperance Flat …

Yesterday afternoon, Senator Dianne Feinstein released a draft of her bill, known as the Emergency Drought Relief Act. The bill aims at supplying Californians with both short-term and long-term solutions to deal with the California drought. “This bill will not satisfy every water interest in the state, but we have tried …

Late last Friday the State Water Resources Control Board released their draft emergency conservation regulations that extend the existing urban water use restrictions through October 31, 2016 with some slight modifications. Local water suppliers have raised many concerns regarding the May 2015 Emergency Regulation and SWRCB has addressed some of …

Before leaving Washington for Christmas break, nine Members of Congress sent a letter to Neil Kornze, the Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), encouraging him to reconsider the agency’s recent guidance regarding the Cadiz Water Project. On October 2nd, 2015, the California Office of the BLM made an …

On Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown outlined his proposed budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Although Brown has set aside a one-time sum of $323 million to address the California drought, some water experts believe more could be done. “…much more must be done to address California’s antiquated and dysfunctional water management …