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Hoover Dam low water to double water costs to SoCal

California is facing yet another drought-caused water and energy shortage from an unexpected source. Hoover Dam’s hydroelectric power may have to be curtailed if the water level drops below 1,000 feet, an elevation it last reached in May 1936, when

Federal drought bill dead in water until 2015

Wayne Lusvardi November 21, 2014

Better and wetter luck next year, California. On Thursday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., put the kibosh on passing a federal water bill dealing with California’s drought during the lame-duck session. She wrote in a statement: “Over the past several

Immigration: Feinstein acts like Chicago Dem, not CA Dem

Chris Reed August 19, 2014

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein won’t put up with the CIA spying on lawmakers. Her repeated denunciations of the agency this year have been remarkable, considering her decades as a leading figure in the national security establishment. But Feinstein isn’t so

Boxer-Feinsten water bill stresses conservation, not supply

Wayne Lusvardi August 5, 2014

There are two ways to manage water. One way is to capture more water and store it for dry years. The second way is to keep dividing up existing water supplies. This second way is pushed in a newly proposed bill,

Feinstein drought bill heads for House merger

Wayne Lusvardi May 27, 2014

In the novel “A River Runs Through It,” later made into a movie, Norman Maclean wrote, “Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. … I am haunted by waters.” Driven by the haunting reality of lack

CA Senate OKs GOP drought declaration

Wayne Lusvardi May 20, 2014

“Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy,” runs an Albanian proverb. So far in 2014, California has been wracked by merciless firestorms and severe drought even before the driest days of summer. And members of both political parties have

Feinstein attacks environmentalists on drought

Wayne Lusvardi May 19, 2014

On May 15, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., didn’t pull any punches about her recent attempt to push her drought bill through Congress. She blasted environmentalists for having “never been helpful to me in producing good water policy. You can’t have a water

Why is GOP rebuffing Sen. Feinstein’s drought bill?

Wayne Lusvardi April 16, 2014

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is renewing her call to Republican senators to vote for her revised compromise drought bill, S. 2016, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014. Feinstein claims her bill is five votes short of the 60 needed

Feinstein wants to keep pot illegal, alcohol legal

John Seiler March 20, 2014

It used to be liberals strongly favored personal liberty. Some still do. Many don’t. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has joined Gov. Jerry Brown in opposing legalizing marijuana in California, a state that’s the country’s biggest pot farm. AP wrote: The state’s

Sen. Feinstein upset over CIA searching congressional computers

John Seiler March 12, 2014

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., generally has a liberal record. Yet the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee long has defended the vast snooping of the NSA and the other intelligence agencies. Perhaps she is having second thoughts after she attacked