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Gov. Newsom’s Attempt to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project Rejected by Legislature, Again

September 11, 2025 1:53 pmSeptember 11, 2025 1:53 pm

The California Legislature just killed the Delta Tunnel project, again, by refusing to do anything on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pet project. “A Coalition Stops Trailer Bills Threatening the Bay-Delta and Communities Now advancing real water solutions rooted in creating local...

Ringside: Will the Sites Reservoir Ever Get Built?

September 4, 2025 2:45 amSeptember 4, 2025 2:46 am

What is happening with the Sites Reservoir is a case study in why, if the people running California today were in charge in the 1950s and 1960s, the California Water Project would never have been built. This reservoir, approved by...

Ringside: Is California’s Water Infrastructure Ready for Climate Whiplash?

July 10, 2025 2:55 amJuly 10, 2025 2:56 am

If there is anything that might constitute an overwhelming institutional consensus in California, it’s that we are experiencing climate change, and that one of the consequences will be more rain, less snow, and more so-called whiplash between very wet years...

Ringside: The Economics of the Delta Tunnel

June 13, 2025 6:00 amJune 13, 2025 6:54 am

One of the most controversial water issues in California is the proposed Delta Conveyance. The 45 mile long tunnel will have the capacity to move up to 4 million acre feet per year from the Sacramento River safely under the fragile delta...

Ringside: How to Add 10 Million Acre Feet Per Year to California’s Water Supply

April 30, 2025 3:52 pmApril 30, 2025 3:52 pm

There is a good chance that a Californian is going to be nominated to become the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. One source of opposition to his confirmation could be senators representing states that share with California the...

Let’s Unpack Gov. Newsom’s New Executive Order to ‘Harden Homes Against Wildfires’

February 9, 2025 3:30 amFebruary 10, 2025 9:11 am

Big government authoritarianism: That’s what California Governor Gavin Newsom is to the residents in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and other parts of Los Angeles whose homes were burned to the ground in January. Pacific Palisades residents – some who lost their...

Sites Reservoir Project Appellate Court Victory Over Environmental Groups

September 21, 2024 3:00 amSeptember 21, 2024 3:01 am

The Sites Reservoir project moved forward on Friday following an appellate court agreeing with California and the Sites Project Authority, rejecting a CEQA lawsuit against the Sites Reservoir project. While the Sites Reservoir had been proposed off and on since...