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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. …

As required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), the Department of Water Resources released a list of critically overdrafted basins throughout the state. When a basin has had too much water pumped from it, there are negative effects, such as groundwater depletion, land subsidence and seawater intrusion. In order …

When Governor Jerry Brown announced his mandatory water cutbacks across the state, Santa Fe Irrigation District restricted the amount of water each person was allowed to use. The strictest aspect of water allocation program had to do with outdoor water irrigation. Residents had to cut outdoor water use by 45 …

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, Governor Brown addressed Californians to give them an update on the health of the state as a whole. Brown addressed two main areas for concern: water and infrastructure. “In this year’s budget, I am proposing that we use $2 billion of our temporary surplus on one-time investments to repair …

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 …