
Hot Button Issue

A CSPA Hot Button Issue...
Salazar's visit and Nunes' rhetoric
August 14-Robert Johnson to Sean Hannity: "Man Up!"
August 14-Big Agriculture's Big Lies!
August 13-August 13-Lloyd Carter rips the Sean Hannity Show into soundbites of misinformation, falsehoods and just plain lies!
August 11-Lester's Stacked Deck: Are we surprised?
August 11-New Report: The Lies of Congressmen Nunes, Cardoza and Corporate Ag Exposed: Media reports exaggerate water caused job losses up to 15 times actual impact
August 4-CSPA a co-signer of letter asking USFWS to resist weakening proposals
July 31-CSPA issues Action Alert in support of NOAA and NMFS
July 29-A road trip down I-5, the "heart" of the "drought"
July 28-Pacific Institute releases report: California agriculture can flourish despite diminishing water supply
July 25-NGO's including CSPA ask that 300,000 acres be retired for health of San Luis Drain
July 25-Mendota: a town scraping bottom from the San Francisco Chronicle
July 25-CSPA sends letters of support to DOI, NOAA and NMFS regarding Salmon BiOp implementation
July 21-CSPA asks Congress to support NOAA/NMFS Salmon BiOp
July 20-Water woes could impact LNAS from the Hanford Sentinel
July 18-House passes bill that could help Westside farmers from the Hanford Sentinel
July 14-Valley lawmakers clash over water from the Fresno Bee
July 13-Feds document shrinking San Joaquin Valley aquifer from the Sacramento Bee
July 9-San Joaquin Valley farm employment up 0.4% while rest of state suffers 2% drop, crops set output record: Valley awash in surplus crops, especially almonds by Lowell Ashbaugh
July 8-House panel rejects Nunes protest of water diversions from the Fresno Bee
July 8-We might need salmon czar too from the Sacramento Bee
July 5-The Budget-Busting Peripheral Canal and The Three Big Lies by Dan Bacher, editor of the Fishsniffer
July 5-Water officials fear Calif. Aqueduct could sink from the San Francisco Chronicle
July 2-Thousands rally to protest water cuts in Fresno from the San Francisco Chronicle
July 1-Farmers heading to downtown Fresno for water rally from the Oakland Tribune
June 30-Water activists to rally in Fresno: Hundreds, perhaps thousands, expected from the Fresno Bee
June 30-Truth drought: California's real shortfall by Peter Glick, President of the Pacific Institute
June 29-The Public Relations firm from Hell by Lloyd G. Carter
June 29-Salazar Announces Aid to Valley Agribusiness, Doesn't Endorse Canal by Dan Bacher
June 29-Farming and Subsidies on the Westside
06/28/2009 Secretary Salazar, Senior Administration and Congressional Officials Hold Town Hall Meeting on California Water Shortage (DOI Press Release)
June 28-CSPA's Press Release - Myths, Lies and Damn Lies
June 27-Fishermen to Interior Secretary: Don’t Make Fish the Scapegoat For Valley Unemployment and Water Woes
June 26-Valley lawmakers can't block water legislation from the Fresno Bee
June 26-State declares longfin smelt a threatened species from the Sacramento Bee
June 26-Secretary Salazar to Speak at Town Meeting on Drought in Fresno by Dan Bacher
June 24-Congressmen Costa and Cardoza lure Secretary Salazar to Fresno over disaster claims
June 24-Valley Unemployment problem because of a "minnow"? The facts tell otherwise! by Dr. C. Mark Rockwell, D.C.
June 23-Drought disaster declaration may be a tough sell from the Fresno Bee
June 23-Schwarzenegger wants even more water for desert agribusiness, ignores out of work commercial fishing families
June 23-Our View: Lawmakers block water reform: Constituents' growing anger making it harder for politicians to hide from the Merced Sun-Star
June 22-The truth about California's water, fisheries, the delta and desert farming: We have to do a better job spreading the word...
June 22-Alameda Creek Alliance calls for letter campaign to Congressman McNerney regarding his "Aye" vote on the Nunes Amendment
June 21-Congress Narrowly Defeats Nunes Salmon Extinction Amendment
June 19-Hold your Congressman responsible: How the California delegation voted on the Nunes amendment to HR 2847
Watch the debate on Nunes' amendment on C-Span
Roll call vote on Amendment #63 to HR 2847
June 18-Tightening the tap: Feds order 5-7 percent reduction in delta water exports to save salmon, smelt and whales by Dan Bacher
June 17-House approves appropriation bill with Nunes amendment to remove funding for Salmon BiOp