Congress to dockworkers, employers: Reach contract agreement soon Concerned that talks could lead to a potential shutdown at West Coast ports, more than 80 members of the U.S. Congress urged the groups representing 20,000 dockworkers and their employers to come to an agreement on a labor contract. by Karen Robes Meeks in the Long Beach […]
Continue ReadingTwo additional Change Sheets have been released for today’s Board Meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board: Change Sheet #1 – Item 7 Change Sheet #2 – Item 8
Continue ReadingCalifornia Institute for Federal Policy Research SPECIAL REPORT: FY 2016 Budget and California Implications February 2015 On February 2, 2015, the President released his Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal. The nearly $4 trillion proposal breaches the sequestration limits set in the 2011 budget deal, calling for $74 billion in additional spending for discretionary […]
Continue ReadingThe Coastal Conservancy has developed draft project solicitation and evaluation guidelines for implementation of the Proposition 1 water bond. The public is encouraged to review and comment on these draft guidelines (www.scc.ca.gov). Written comments on the draft guidelines should be emailed to: comments@scc.ca.gov or mailed to: The Coastal Conservancy 1330 Broadway #1300 Oakland, CA 94612. The […]
Continue ReadingAttached is a Revised Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region that would establish a Policy for region-wide implementation of the water quality objectives for temperature and establish action plans to address temperature […]
Continue ReadingPresident Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for Reclamation is $1.1 Billion Administration Initiatives Support Healthy and Sustainable Water Supplies, America’s Great Outdoors, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Needs and Strengthening Tribal Nations WASHINGTON – President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request released today identifies a total of $1.1 billion for the Department of the Interior’s […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region that would establish a Policy for region-wide implementation of the […]
Continue ReadingPlease click here to access Change Sheet #1 for Item 8 at the upcoming Board Meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board scheduled for February 3, 2015.
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development 25th Annual Briefing on Land Use and Development Law — Materials Available Perkins Coie attorneys — most of whom contribute regularly to this report — recently presented the 25th Annual Land Use & Development Law Breakfast Briefing in Palo Alto, […]
Continue ReadingENDANGERED SPECIES: Feds increase number of smelt that can be killed in Calif. delta Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, January 29, 2015 From Greenwire, an E&E Publishing Service Federal wildlife officials have increased the number of endangered fish that can be killed in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, in response to water managers’ request […]
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