Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – July 24, 2015 Housing Market Still Showing Strength June existing home sales increased 9.6 percent from a year ago. Other housing market metrics have also pointed to expansion. Median existing home prices are up 6.5 percent from a year ago and new home sales are 18.1 percent […]
Continue ReadingACWA News for July 24, 2015 The ACWA News for July 24, 2015 is now Available Online. This issue covers conservation pricing and the ways water agencies can best adopt practices that comply with Proposition 218. It also examines California WaterFix, a scaled-back version of the original BDCP. Other articles include: * Gov. Brown Signs Budget Trailer […]
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development EIR Comments Should Improve The Environmental Review Process, Not Derail It CEQA guidelines require only that a lead agency give detailed responses to comments that identify an important new matter not discussed in the draft environmental impact report or raise […]
Continue ReadingFriday, July 24, 2015 FMC Approves Seaport Alliance Puget Sound Pilots Hires New Director Port Metro Vancouver Installing More Shoreside Power Oregon Senator Submits Anti-Artic Drilling Bill FMC Approves Seaport Alliance The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) this week completed its competitive review and analysis of the Port of Seattle/Port of Tacoma Alliance Agreement and voted […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California drought: Regulators say first water diversion prosecution aided by detailed records Los Angeles Times: Hope grows that El Niño will reach Northern California — and key reservoirs Sacramento Bee: California Supreme Court won’t budge on water rates Capital Press: No relief in sight for parched West The Central Coast: Aerial video reveals drought-ravaged lakes worse than imagined […]
Continue ReadingWashington Examiner: EPA tries to entice energy industry with voluntary alternative to regulation National Journal: Jeb Bush Calls For End to Fossil-Fuel Subsidies National Journal: Why is Elizabeth Warren on the Energy Committee? Bloomberg: France Passes New Energy Law Quadruples Carbon Price Reuters: Oil pressured, staying bearish The Hill: Senate panel to vote on lifting oil export ban CNBC: Falling gas prices […]
Continue ReadingGreenwire: Feinstein to unveil bill before August recess Annie Snider and Geof Koss, E&E reporters Published: Friday, July 24, 2015 — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) is preparing to release her much-anticipated drought measure before lawmakers leave town for August recess. In an interview this morning, Feinstein said she expects to unveil the legislation as […]
Continue ReadingINVASIVE WEED TREATMENTS CA State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways Water Hyacinth and Spongeplant Control Program – 2015 Treatments for the Week of July 27 thru July 31 View Larger Image “Treatment sites and schedules are subject to change based on regulatory requirements, weather conditions, plant growth and movement, waterway traffic, listed fish presence surveys, and […]
Continue ReadingSan Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: No plans for Bay Bridge carpool lanes on weekends Contra Costa Times: Going to the Concord Pavilion? Consider carpooling or taking BART Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Report: Santa Rosa-area roads among worst in US for midsized communities POLITICO Morning Transportation for 7/24/2015 By JENNIFER SCHOLTES, with help from Heather Caygle and Kathryn […]
Continue ReadingBank of the West US Outlook Report: No Worries Mate- Rebound Continues You might actually get a restful August vacation in this year. With Greece well on its way towards another bailout package, and China managing to calm its stock market plunge, there appears a window of opportunity for U.S. domestic demand to blossom uninterrupted by […]
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