Court documents: Second lawsuit filed against the Delta Plan, alleges violations of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Delta Reform Act, CEQA, and the Public Trust doctrine Maven Other News Item June 15, 2013A second lawsuit has been filled against the Delta Stewardship Council’s recently-adopted Delta Plan. Aqua Alliance, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance,...
State Water Contractors Files Lawsuit Challenging Delta Plan: Delta Stewardship Council Overreach Threatens State’s Water Supply Reliability Maven Other News Item June 14, 2013From the State Water Contractors: “The State Water Contractors (SWC) today filed a lawsuit challenging the Delta Stewardship Council’s (DSC)...
DWR Agricultural Land Stewardship Workgroup looking for feedback on potential strategies to offset impacts to Delta agriculture Maven Other News Item June 14, 2013Mitigating for the BDCP’s effects on Delta agriculture is the topic of a new discussion paper currently under development by...
Delta Stewardship Council’s statement on the lawsuit against the Delta Plan Maven Other News Item May 30, 2013Chris Knopp, Executive Officer of the Delta Stewardship Council, issued this statement : “The lawsuit filed recently by the Westlands...
Remaining Bay Delta Conservation Plan draft documents released Maven Other News Item May 29, 2013Chapters 8 through 12 are now available at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. The released chapters cover implementation costs...
Court documents for Delta Plan lawsuit Maven Other News Item May 28, 2013Last Friday, the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District filed a lawsuit with the Sacramento County...
Lawsuit filed against Delta Plan Maven Other News Item May 24, 2013From Westlands Water District (via agleader’s twitter feed): “Raising serious objections to the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan, today the...
Delta Stewardship Council adopts final Delta Plan, 7-0 Maven Other News Item May 16, 2013From the Delta Stewardship Council: “After eight drafts, almost 100 public meetings, and nearly 10,000 individual comments, the Delta Stewardship...
Weekend reading: Bay Delta Conservation Plan environmental documents released … Maven Other News Item May 10, 2013The Bay Delta Conservation Plan envirnomental documents have been posted this morning. I will be working over the weekend to...
Governor Brown, Obama Administration commit to October 1st deadline for draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan and environmental documents Maven Other News Item May 8, 2013From the Office of Governor Jerry Brown: “The State of California and the Obama Administration today agreed to a formal...
California Water Commission sends letter to Secretary Laird outlining SWP recruitment and retention issues Maven Other News Item May 5, 2013As a follow-up to the story, State Water Project reliability: It’s not just about the Delta, the California Water Commission...
Final Delta Plan documents posted Maven Other News Item May 5, 2013The proposed Final Delta Plan and the Final Programmatic EIR are now posted and available for review at the Delta...
Congressmen raise concerns about San Joaquin flow objectives and lack of integration among Delta planning processes; agency officials respond Maven Other News Item May 2, 2013Concerns about the State Water Board’s proposed San Joaquin River flow objectives, the BDCP’s effect on upstream water rights, and...
Slipping timelines for the BDCP and the State Water Board’s Bay Delta Plan Maven Other News Item May 1, 2013Here is the latest on the timelines for the BDCP and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan: BAY DELTA...
Delta Stewardship Council posts another document for 15-day public review Maven Other News Item April 25, 2013Another 15-day public comment period has begun over at the Delta Stewardship Council. This round, a modified Economic and...