http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=26521 STOCKTON August 18, 2014 4:45am Complaint says they have no rights to the water they are taking “The State Water Board needs to step in and stop this massive theft of water” California’s Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are illegally diverting and exporting water, says a complaint being filed…

http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/stockton-metro-columnist/2014/08/18/dissent-of-the-day-2/ By MICHAEL FITZGERALD Published: AUGUST 18, 2014 Sunday’s column roused the expected outcry from a local enviro. But first, for the record, this reaction from state Sen. Lois Wolk: “You got it exactly right.” Now, on to a lashing from Bill Jennings of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance: “So, the public will now be…

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=26502 STOCKTON August 14, 2014 5:12am Say governor rejects 21st Century solutions to water problems Water bond not “tunnels neutral” The water bond that will be on the November ballot in California is a “poster-child of pork barrel politics, a rejection of 21st Century solutions and a return to the failures of the dam building…

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/13/6623930/viewpoints-all-sides-in-water.html By Bill Jennings and Jerry Meral Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 – 9:02 am People who follow California’s water wars may wonder whether experts who disagree on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan ever agree on anything at all. The answer is yes. We agree it’s time to protect 37 miles of the Central Sierra’s Mokelumne…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/13/18759996.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday Aug 13th, 2014 9:53 PM Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday evening to put a controversial $7.5 water bond before voters this November. The Legislature passed the water bond, strongly opposed by family farmers, Delta residents, Tribal leaders, fishing groups and majority of the state’s environmental groups, in spite of…