California’s Congressional Water Ballot for 2012

(Challenger) Danville, California

* Supports four new water storage projects for California: Sites Reservoir, Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion, Temperance Flat Reservoir, expansion of Shasta Reservoir;

* Supports modernization of federal Endangered Species Act to “better recover species, minimize conflict, reduce costs, and remedy other unintended consequences of the Act”;

* Favors recycling water instead of allowing flows of “several million acre feet of used water to the ocean”;

* Favors exploration of “conjunctive use” water storage programs;

* Favors desalination water projects;

* Supports “complete cost-benefit” analysis of all water projects;

* See full water policy statement here.

* Has no official positions on water issues on her website;* Advocates cleaning up perchlorate in water supply;

* Restoring Lake Tahoe;

* Authored San Joaquin River Restoration Act (2009) costing about $1.1 billion for 11,000 temporary construction jobs, 475 future tourist-related jobs, and a loss of 3,000 permanent farm jobs by taking water from farmers.  Only about $88 million of project funds authorized by Congress for studies. Project stalled by lack of federal funding for remainder of project. Farmers to pay $7.6 million per year for river restoration;

* Wrote letter requesting federal funding for 7 water projects and approval of 2 new water policies;

* Called for federal review of Cadiz groundwater harvesting project in Mojave Desert.

(challenger) Lincoln, California

* Opposed to Klamath River dam removals;

* Supports Auburn Dam and Lake Project based in “beneficiary pays” principle;

* Supports repeal of the San Joaquin River Restoration Act (Feinstein) with a “workable and vastly less expensive alternative” such as H.R. 1837 (Nunes) pending in U.S. Senate;

* Supports expansion of Federal hydropower projects;

* Opposes “man-made droughts” in California’s Central Valley farms from unfounded environmental lawsuits to protect fish;

* Opposes expansion of Federal water regulation by “environmental giveaways.”

* Authored H.R. 1837 – San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act (2012) to repeal H.R. 146 the San Joaquin River Restoration Act (Feinstein) currently being held on floor of U.S. Senate;

* Issued report titled “Distorted Water” to correct distortions about H.R. 1837;

* Called for end to California’s “man-made drought” from unfounded environmental lawsuits to protect fish;

* Opposed letting Delta water go to waste.

* Supports bi-partisan solutions to Central Valley farm water crisis;

* Supports “economically feasible and environmentally responsible” fishery plan;

* If elected seeks assignment to House Agricultural Committees to pursue farm subsidies

* See full position statement here.