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Assemblyman Rendon’s bill addresses CA drought

As the record drought intensifies, the California Legislature is working on several proposals to address the state’s lack of water storage and inadequate delivery system. A major entry comes from Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood. Assembly Bill 1331 would place a $6.5 billion

Sacto water deputies patrolling for water wasters

Katy Grimes January 27, 2014

Sacramento water police are on patrol. If the rule of law isn’t enough to control Sacramento’s citizens, government officials have turned to deputizing neighbors for help making sure everyone complies with environmental restrictions. For nearly four years, the City of Sacramento

Brown on Drought: Governors can’t make it rain

John January 10, 2014

As the rest of the country remains in a deep freeze, California’s weather is making headlines of its own. 2013 was one of the driest years on record in California. Los Angeles, which sees average annual rainfall of 14.90 inches,

Vidak warns: Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink

Katy Grimes November 21, 2013

The California Department of Water Resources announced this week that the Central Valley may only get five percent of the water it needs next year. The Central Valley, the heart of California, is the state’s top agricultural producing region, often called

Water plan threatens taxpayers, environment

Steven Greenhut April 14, 2013

April 14, 2013 By Steven Greenhut In Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” a priest recalls the words of a man who confessed: “The more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular.” We can all think of

Gov. Brown legislating by legacy and vanity

CalWatchdog Staff July 26, 2012

July 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes First there was the bullet train to nowhere. Now there are the tunnels to nowhere. Gov. Jerry Brown is hell-bent on creating a legacy. Unfortunately, it also appears that most of California’s legislators make

Dueling demographers: When will CA’s population hit 50 million?

CalWatchdog Staff April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When will California’s population “pop” at 50 million persons? Two recent studies conducted by the Population Dynamics Research Group at the University of Souther California and the Public Policy Institute of California differ widely

Cadiz creates water out of thin air

CalWatchdog Staff April 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Call it “thin water.” A small private company called Cadiz Inc. in Los Angeles is in the process of creating water in California’s Mojave Desert — like a magician, literally out of thin air. By

Drought Politics Dries Up Wet Sacramento

CalWatchdog Staff March 8, 2012

MAR. 7, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Sacramento is suffering from a drought. At least that is what the city utilities department employees say they’ve been instructed to tell residents who call questioning the city’s strict water conservation policies. The City

HR 1837 Bill Reignites Water War

CalWatchdog Staff February 22, 2012

FEB. 22, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s historic water social contract been held together by force, fraud and sometimes the consent of the governed. The result has been Northern California giving up water to Central Valley farmers and Southern California