Letter to San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board on Proposed RMP Fees Bay Planning Coalition (BPC) represents the dredging community of San Francisco Bay and is working with the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to find an agreeable option that alters the Regional Monitoring Program’s (RMP) fee structure for dredgers in order to make […]
Continue ReadingNotice of Board of Directors Meeting June 2, 2016 The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Pier 1, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. The meeting agenda and full Board packet are available for download on […]
Continue ReadingMay 31, 2016 DredgeWire delivers news about dredging, ports and harbors, and marine and offshore infrastructure, right to your mailbox. DredgeWire’s editors personally curate news from original sources, giving you access to the most complete information available about the issues and opportunities shaping the industry. + ISSUES & DEVELOPMENTS + PROJECT UPDATES + CONTRACTS & […]
Continue ReadingRising reality By John King May 2016 Fifty years ago, Bay Area residents rallied around the call to save San Francisco Bay. Public action on an unprecedented scale reversed development tides that for more than a century had covered shallow waters with land for industrial parks and housing tracts, roadways and garbage dumps. Now the […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: State moves to drop $1.5 million fine in water rights case San Francisco Chronicle: Water crisis not on presidential candidates’ radar San Francisco Chronicle: How do we share California water, a diminishing resource? FreshPlaza: US (CA): Drought could cause farmers $1.5 bln in losses Voice of America: With Extended Drought, Biggest US Reservoir at Lowest Level Ever Hill: Fight over California drought heats up in Congress […]
Continue ReadingThe Global Impacts of Droughts and Extreme Heat From the Desk of Emilie Better data. More efficient technology. New sources of financing. The recipe to address global impacts of climate change — such as drought, the focus of this month’s newsletter — is very much the same as in the U.S. But the needs are […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: Setting Up for a Better Second Half Sometimes teams that play a lackluster first-half go into the locker-room at half-time and emerge so energized they play like a completely different team. Now, nearly two-thirds of the way through the second quarter the U.S. economy is about to go into the locker-room for […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Water board moves to dismiss record fine against irrigation district Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma Valley lifts drought water restrictions KTLA: Annual Beach Report Card Reveals Cleaner SoCal Water Quality Is Side Effect of Drought Highland Community News: EVWD okays ‘smart meters’ The Packer: House passes Republican’s drought relief amendment Western Farm Press: Could overhead irrigation work in California? […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: High-speed rail takes hit as cap-and-trade cash falls short Mercury News: Roadshow: Best way to get to San Francisco cruise ship terminal Mercury News: Sunnyvale will add bike lanes to a stretch of Maude Avenue Sacramento Bee: California carbon emission auction proceeds fall short
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development We’ve posted articles to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on developments that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land use, environmental impact review, […]
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