Don Wright – California Globe

Jottings: California State Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee 4/29/2025

April 30, 2025 3:03 pmApril 30, 2025 3:03 pm

At 9:01am on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 the 13-member California State Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee was called to order in Sacramento without a quorum. Assemblywoman Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) is Chairwoman. She may have heard a sigh of...

State Water Board’s Reckless Handing of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

March 4, 2025 7:31 amMarch 4, 2025 7:31 am

Here’s what I’m hearing in the coffee shops and parking lots regarding the California State Water Resources Control Board’s handing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. This government controlled matter has immediate impacts on the livelihoods of the people of the...

State Water Board Held Hearing Concerning Placing Kern Subbasin Under Probation, Part I

February 25, 2025 9:31 amFebruary 25, 2025 9:31 am

The State Water Resources Control Board, State Board, held a hearing concerning placing the Kern Subbasin under probation for not having an adequate Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The hearing was held Thursday, February...

Trump Administration, Give Us a Call Next Time on Water Deliveries

February 3, 2025 11:31 amFebruary 3, 2025 11:31 am

It’s safe to say things have changed a good deal in the past few weeks. Things are always changing. The climate, world leaders, our position relative to the size of the universe as it expands – the only unchanging constant...

Maddy Institute & California Water Institute FSU, Water Conference

September 7, 2024 7:48 amSeptember 9, 2024 11:25 am

The Maddy Institute and the California Water Institute at Fresno State University teamed up to host an event titled, “Exploring the Coexistence of Water Users in California” on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The event ran from 8:30am to 3:00pm and...

Water Supply Disaster Looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California

August 28, 2024 7:03 amAugust 28, 2024 7:03 am

There is a water supply disaster looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California on the near horizon. It’s come about as part political indifference and political theater; part bureaucratic inertia and irascible imperviousness by appointed officials. At stake...

The Food on Your Table is Literally at Stake

August 24, 2024 3:05 amAugust 24, 2024 9:45 am

The unintended consequences of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) continue to reverberate across the Central Valley. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 there was a court hearing at the Kings County Superior Court that further tested the reach of state...