GOP drought bill: Boost Delta pumping, stop San Joaquin River restoration [Fresno Bee]
Three
San Joaquin Valley Republican congressmen will join House Speaker John Boehner
on Wednesday in Bakersfield, where they will announce emergency drought
legislation intended to bring more water to the region. If approved, the bill
would allow the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta pumps to operate as long as water
is available, said Rep. Devin Nunes, a Tulare Republican who will be in
Bakersfield on Wednesday. It would also stop the San Joaquin River restoration,
said Nunes, who has been a critic of the restoration in the past. The
restoration's goal is to reconnect the river with the Pacific Ocean and
reintroduce salmon runs.
Editorial: Drought should motivate water storage study [Marysville
Appeal-Democrat]
…It's
a good time to start driving the point home with legislators and administrators
that proposals such as Dan Logue's need to get considered and need to start
gaining traction. Our local assemblyman has introduced a bill in the
Legislature to place a $5.8 billion bond issue on the fall ballot that would
pay for construction of a couple dams, one of them in Colusa County. Frankly,
we don't know at this point if Logue's proposal is the best option. But some
version of a serious Northern California water storage-building proposal should
be crafted that will help both our communities and our agriculture weather
future droughts….Hopefully, it this drought will motivate folks in our
statehouse to take Logue's and other water storage proposals seriously and
start doing something.
Jerry Brown assumes
political ownership of drought [Sacramento Bee]
America’s
political executives – presidents, governors and big city mayors – are often
judged by how they respond to unanticipated crises. Thus, then-President George
W. Bush’s popularity soared after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the
nation, then plummeted four years later after an erratic response to deadly
Hurricane Katrina. Closer to home, Gray Davis was recalled from the
governorship in 2003, less than a year after winning a second term, due to his
mishandling of budget and energy crises.
Residents have say on
Delta plan [Stockton Record]
At
times, there were more government employees and consultants in the room than
there were members of the public. Still, more than 100 citizens turned out in
Stockton on Tuesday evening to ask questions - or, as some might put it, demand
answers - of the experts who are writing Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial,
$24.7 billion twin tunnels plan.…The tunnels are not popular here, and many
people appeared to leave Tuesday's meeting at the University Plaza Waterfront
Hotel with the same feelings they had when they arrived….Some, however, might
have been swayed by what they heard on Tuesday….Tuesday night's attendance of
113 was slimmer than the turnout seen at other various Delta gatherings during
the past few years. However, it easily exceeded the small crowds that turned
out for identical meetings held last week in Fresno and Bakersfield.
2 Friends reach
across the aisle on immigration [New York Times]
…Esther
Olavarria, a Democrat, left Cuba as a child, worked as Senator Edward M.
Kennedy’s top immigration lawyer and now holds a post in the White House.
Rebecca Tallent, a Republican, left suburban Arizona and became Senator John
McCain’s chief of staff, briefly advised Sarah Palin in 2008 and is now a top
policy aide to Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio. But if there is any way to
unlock the immigration stalemate in Washington, colleagues say these two might
find it….Ms. Tallent, 34, is a key player in writing what Mr. Boehner and other
House Republicans call guiding principles for an immigration overhaul. The
goals, which are expected to be outlined in detail in the next week, are likely
to include bolstered border security and enforcement inside the country,
fast-track legalization for agricultural laborers, more visas for high-tech
workers, and an opportunity for young immigrants who came to the country
illegally as children to become American citizens. At the White House, Ms.
Olavarria, 56, is charged with finding a compromise that Democrats and
activists can live with.
Drakes Bay Oyster Co.
files court action to remain open while preparing for Supreme Court [Marin
Independent Journal]
The
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. has filed a legal motion to allow it to continue to
operate while it prepares a case to bring to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to re-hear the Drakes Bay case
in which owner Kevin Lunny sought an injunction to keep his operation open.
Lunny would have been forced to begin dismantling his operation beginning
Tuesday, but the new court motion filed Monday will buy him more time while a
case to the high court is developed.
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