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Central Valley farm drought disaster might have been mitigated

Wayne Lusvardi January 31, 2014

The ongoing 100-year drought didn’t have to be a disaster for California farmers. The tragedy could have been predicted — and was. A little-known 2008 study by four graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara warned that farmers first

Dems, GOP fight drought battle on national stage

Dems, GOP fight drought battle on national stage

Wayne Lusvardi January 24, 2014

After declaring a drought emergency last week, in his Wednesday State of the State address Gov. Jerry Brown pledged to work for solutions. Escaping the snow-stormy Northeast, also on Wednesday U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, held a drought

Boehner crosses Rubicon in CA drought war

Wayne Lusvardi January 22, 2014

In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River in Italy and triggered a civil war. Thereafter, the term “crossing the Rubicon” has meant a limit that, when passed, permits no return and an irrevocable commitment. Speaker

Could Obama also privatize the Central Valley Water Project?

CalWatchdog Staff May 1, 2013

May 1, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Almost out of nowhere, the Obama Administration has opened up discussions for possibly privatizing the model asset of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority, to bring in revenues to the federal government and

California’s Congressional Water Ballot for 2012

CalWatchdog Staff November 5, 2012

Nov. 5, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Tomorrow California voters will not be voting on the proposed California Water Bond, which has been postponed until 2014. But voters will be voting on a number of local water projects such as the proposed

Restoring the San Joaquin River for non-endangered red herring

CalWatchdog Staff June 11, 2012

Editor’s note: For clarity, this article has been modified to include an excerpt from the letter by Robert Pyke. June 11, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Should we save the endangered red herring fish in California’s San Joaquin River? The question