POLITICO By Heather Caygle and Kathryn A. Wolfe With help from Kevin Robillard DRONE (RULES) FLY: In a holiday surprise, the FAA pushed out its much-anticipated proposed rule to allow businesses to legally use drones, along with a presidential memo intended to help address privacy issues. (Sources say it was rushed out Sunday morning because […]
Continue ReadingPOLITICO By Heather Caygle With help from Kevin Robillard, Brian Faler and Kathryn A. Wolfe LAWMAKERS TAKE ON METRO SAFETY: House lawmakers are ready to take on Metro today in the first Hill hearing on the mid-January smoke accident that left one woman dead and sent dozens of others to the hospital. The joint hearing, […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Public Meeting and Consideration of Adoption on the proposed Final Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California to Control Trash and Part 1 Trash Provisions of the Water Quality Control Plan for […]
Continue ReadingOn February 11, 2015, Congress issued a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the Temporary Urgency Change Petition in response to California’s drought. Click here to view the letter.
Continue ReadingPOLITICO By Heather Caygle With help from Kevin Robillard and Kathryn A. Wolfe MT EXCLUSIVE: THE RED STATE REUNION TOUR – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is hitting the road again to drum up grass-roots support for infrastructure funding. Next Tuesday, the DOT chief is kicking off a multistate bus tour that will snake along the […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Feb. 11, 2015 in ACWA eNews ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. PPIC Addresses State Water Challenges in New Multi-Topic Policy Paper Series Submitted by Emily Allshouse on Wed, 02/11/2015 – 12:22pm California will need to address several key water policy areas to secure a safe […]
Continue ReadingNewly-elected council member sets goals and priorities San Jose Mercury News SF launches vehicle training program to improve safety on streets San Francisco Examiner Man-made climate change may need man-made remedies, science panel says Los Angeles Times High-speed rail foes argue state environmental law applies Daily Republic Bay Area Commute Times Improve KSRO POLITICO Morning […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner’s Office Washington, DC Media Contact: Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615, psoeth@usbr.gov For Immediate Release: Feb. 10, 2015 Reclamation’s Proposed Drought Response Program Evaluation Criteria is Open for Public Comment WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on its draft Drought Response Program evaluation criteria. This new program, based on its existing drought authorities, will provide […]
Continue Reading“California’s Future” from the Public Policy Institute of California California is forging ahead with major reforms on many fronts, including health care, corrections, and K–12 education. But it still faces a wide array of challenges, from housing costs, to climate change and water management, to higher education funding. Policymakers—including California’s voters—need more and better information […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the 2015 Hearing/Pre-hearing Schedule for the Senate Budget Subcommittee #2.
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