December 2014 Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Messenger, a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on the activities of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. Since 1989, the Transportation Authority has administered the city’s half-cent transportation sales tax, allocating over $2 billion to voter-approved projects, large and small. Our sales tax program helps fund major capital projects […]
Continue ReadingSenate approves Obama’s energy nominees Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 The Senate last night in a flurry of activity confirmed a handful of President Obama’s energy picks along with more than three dozen noncontroversial nominees, including a few who weren’t expected to cross the finish line. The upper chamber voted unanimously […]
Continue ReadingOn December 15, 2014, the U.S. Forest Service issued their National Groundwater Directive. You can now access this by clicking here. You can also read important comments made by ACWA preceding the Directive here.
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Continue ReadingCalifornia Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 21, Bulletin 29 – December 14, 2014 Click here to view online. CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE: Appropriations: Congress Sends FY15 Funding Bill To President Resources: House Passes California Drought Bill Immigration: Senate Judiciary Discusses Executive Actions; Focuses on Keeping Families Together Immigration: House Judiciary Discusses Improving Accountability on Unaccompanied Alien […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 21, Bulletin 29 – December 14, 2014 [online/pdf] Appropriations: Congress Sends FY15 Funding Bill To President After another round of last minute snags in both chambers, the House and Senate passed H.R. 83, funding the federal government for Fiscal Year 2015. The House vote of 219-206 occurred on December […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity for Public Comment on the Amendments to Water Quality Order 2013-0002-DWQ (as Amended by Order 2014-0078-DWQ) Statewide General Aquatic Weed Control Permit for Residual Aquatic Pesticide Discharges.
Continue ReadingHouse passes $1.1 trillion spending bill The Washington Post, By Ed O’Keefe Congress managed to narrowly avoid another government shutdown crisis Thursday night when the House approved a $1.1 trillion spending package to keep most government agencies operating through next summer. The 219-to-206 vote came with less than three hours to go until government funding expired. The […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Click here to view the Notice of Rescheduled Public Hearing for the 2014 Joint Triennial Review of the Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare Lake Basin. The public hearing that […]
Continue ReadingCQ NEWS Dec. 11, 2014; Updated 3:12 p.m. Democrats’ Opposition Forces Delay in Omnibus Vote By Tamar Hallerman, CQ Roll Call The tenor of House floor debate early Thursday threw into doubt whether Republican leaders will have the votes necessary to pass a carefully crafted $1.1 trillion hybrid spending package as the threat of a […]
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