http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=26055 SAN FRANCISCO June 11, 2014 12:27pm Environmental groups say water transfers are being done improperly “May catapult the species into the abyss of extinction” The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is being sued by two environmental groups over what they say are the bureau’s inadequate disclosure, avoidance of impacts, and mitigation of major water transfers…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/06/18757017.php by Dan Bacher Friday Jun 6th, 2014 12:08 PM The Brown administration has violated the rights of non-English speaking Californians by refusing to publish the 40,000 pages of Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels and the BDCP EIS/EIR in any other language than English. This failure to abide by numerous state…

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303079/-Delta-tunnel-plan-violates-civil-rights-of-non-English-speakers# byDan Bacher FRI MAY 30, 2014 AT 07:57 AM PDT Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents are in English only Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird and other state officials have repeatedly claimed that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the peripheral tunnels would be “fair, open, and transparent,” but a panel of environmental…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/28/18756521.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday May 28th, 2014 4:27 PM Governor Jerry Brown has appointed three people to key water policy positions in his administration in an apparent effort to bolster his efforts to promote the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the peripheral tunnels. He appointed Karla Nemeth, 43, of Sacramento as deputy secretary…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/26/18756354.php by Dan Bacher Monday May 26th, 2014 9:11 AM The scenic San Joaquin River below Friant Dam has been a popular place for families to fish for rainbow trout and other species for years, but the river is now in transition to becoming an anadromous fishery as federal and state governments and environmental groups…