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Water issue re-elects GOP Sen. Vidak in Dem district

You knew Democrats were in the deep end of the pool over water issues in California back on May 14. That’s when they asked Republican state Sen. Andy Vidak of Hanford to read out loud Joint Resolution 25 in the state Senate. It

Prop. 1 would follow $32 billion past water bonds

Wayne Lusvardi November 4, 2014

Proposition 1 on today’s ballot marks the first time in 50 years California has proposed building at least two new major dams and reservoirs. If voters concur, by 2023 dams would be built with the $7.5 billion water bond. An

8 of 9 Water Bond Czars hail from NorCal

Wayne Lusvardi October 30, 2014

Call them Water Bond Czars. They’re the nine members of the California Water Commission and will decide how to implement Proposition 1, the $7.5 billion water bond on the Nov. 4 ballot, should voters pass it. While most media

Enviros battle over merits of rooftop solar vs. desert solar

Wayne Lusvardi October 27, 2014

Things aren’t working out well for renewable energy advocates who hoped cheaper rooftop solar energy would replace large solar power plants in California’s Mojave Desert and return “economic democracy” to the people with millions of rooftop solar installations. This is

Drought emergency strikes Southland water district

Wayne Lusvardi October 24, 2014

Will next year bring restrictions to water use in Southern California that cause people’s yards to go brown and die? Could be, if the Southland suffers a worst-case scenario of low rainfall and no imported water, Tony Zampiello told

Stormwater tax drowns voters

Wayne Lusvardi October 21, 2014

California is embarking on a program of capturing storm water from flood control channels for urban landscaping at high costs. And stormwater capture projects won’t require voter approval under Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, because courts have

Tiered pricing ends up subsidizing solar panels for the rich

Wayne Lusvardi October 15, 2014

In a new development for energy conservation, it turns out charging more for electricity, the more juice is used, could be bad for the environment. This “tiered pricing” is also called Increasing Block Pricing. IBP is pushing some homeowners into

Do tiered water rates save water?

Wayne Lusvardi October 10, 2014

It must sound crazy in the middle of an epic California drought to say empirical studies show raising water rates to spur water conservation is not likely to result in water conservation. But a study by CalWatchdog.com of comparable

Obama order upgrades Angeles National Forest

Wayne Lusvardi October 9, 2014

On Friday, President Obama carries his “executive orders” controversy to Southern California. In town since Thursday, he will redesignate half of the Angeles National Forest a national monument at the behest of Rep. Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park. According to the Los

Water subsidies are ‘ancient history’

Wayne Lusvardi October 1, 2014

This is Part 4 of a series. Prior articles in this series showed there are no real water subsidies. But if there are no real water subsidies to farmers from taxpayers, what about all those crop subsidies? According to Mark Borba, owner of