Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 1): The Administration’s Perspective Maven Legislative Hearings February 19, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
A supply and demand risk assessment of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings February 14, 2014On January 9, 2014, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Imported Water Committee held another workshop in a continuing series...
Assemblyman Jim Frazier introduces AB 1671 to require legislative approval of BDCP Maven Other News Item February 14, 2014From the Office of Assemblyman Jim Frazier: “[Wednesday], Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Accountability and...
A preliminary analysis of the infrastructure of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings February 13, 2014On January 9, 2014, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Imported Water Committee held another workshop in a continuing series...
The Independent Science Panel review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s Effects Analysis Maven Meetings February 11, 2014On January 28 and 29, the Delta Science Program convened an independent science review panel for the third phase of...
ESTUARY News: Delta economics and ecosystem management Maven FEATURED ARTICLES January 29, 2014The latest online issue of ESTUARY News sums up two days of presentations and discussions on the 2013 State of...
Tunnel opponents say Brown Administration is suppressing public comment on BDCP Maven Other News Item January 29, 2014Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus and Restore the Delta have sent a demand letter to the state...
California Water Commission: Water storage, dry conditions, “Safeguarding California”, and an update on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings January 22, 2014At the California Water Commission’s January meeting, the Commission re-elected the Chair and Vice-Chair to another one-year term, heard briefings...
Rally at the Capitol: Legislators, water leaders, residents and farmworkers call for a drought declaration and a water bond this year, while opponents urge Brown to abandon the tunnel plan Maven Other News Item January 17, 2014About 800 to 1000 people rallied on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, urging Governor Brown to declare a drought...
Delta Stewardship Council briefing: The BDCP’s impacts in the Delta Maven Meetings January 15, 2014With the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the draft environmental documents now released and the public review process...
Reading the BDCP: What page are you on? plus how to sound like you’re reading the BDCP, even if you’re not Maven News and Features January 1, 2014It’s New Years Day – what better day to check in with all of you BDCP readers out there, just...
Sierra Club releases white paper on alternatives to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Other News Item December 30, 2013The BDCP is not the right plan for the 21st century, says the Sierra Club in a newly released white...
Maven’s Minutes: Independent Science Review Panel hears presentation on changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s Effects Analysis (Chapter 5) Maven Uncategorized December 24, 2013At the request of BDCP participants, the Delta Science Program has convened an Independent Science Review Panel to assess the...
Reading the BDCP: How many pages should you have read by now? Maven Other News Item December 20, 2013My apologies, folks. I stand corrected. Although there are some differing counts on the exact number of pages of the...
Jerry Meral blogs on the Delta controversy and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Guest contributors December 20, 2013Jerry Meral has posted a three-part blog series over at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website which covers the history...