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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Unanimously Supports Update of Bay-Delta Plan
In an 11-0 vote on October 30, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution supporting the State Water Resources Control Board’s immediate update of the San Joaquin Flow portion of the Bay-Delta Plan. Introduced by Supervisor Aaron Peskin following meetings with several environmental and fishing organizations including CSPA, the resolution recognizes the…
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CSPA Submits Testimony on Delta Tunnels – Months of Hearings Start in January
On November 30, CSPA filed testimony and exhibits for the State Water Board’s hearings on the Delta Tunnels (“WaterFix”). This new testimony is for Part 2 of the hearings: impacts to fish and wildlife, recreation, and other Public Trust values. Some of the highlights are described below. CSPA’s biologist Tom Cannon presents thirty pages of…
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Opposing AB 313 – Negatively Effects State Water Control Board Water Rights Hearings
On July 5th, CSPA joined with other environmental organizations in opposing AB 313 which would impede the orderly administration of water rights in California. It threatens water rights holders, California’s rivers and fisheries and the communities and jobs that depend on healthy fisheries. The letter was sent to Senator Jackson and members of the State…
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CSPA, Coalition Submits Multiple Comments on Stewardship Council’s Revision of the Delta Plan
The Delta Stewardship Council is in the process of revising the Delta Plan and related environmental documents following the successful litigation by CSPA and others in vacating the previous Plan. Unfortunately, the Council is again ignoring the strict requirements for a Delta Plan mandated by the State Legislature in the 2009 Delta Reform Act. For…
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CSPA Joins With Others in Protesting Westland’s Lobbyist Appointment as Deputy Secretary of Interior
The Trump Administration has appointed David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior. Mr. Bernhardt was a former Interior Solicitor and has been a lobbyist for Westlands Water District. He is a registered lobbyist for Westlands and a partner in the Washington law firm of Brownstein-Bernhardt, which received more than 1.7 million dollars…
