February 12, 2013 Joint Informational Hearing
Senate Natural Resources and Water and Senate Environmental Quality
"The Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil and Gas Production in California"
Panel 1 - Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
Response to Committee questions
Panel 2 - Regulatory Agencies
Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Water Resources Control Board
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District
South Coast Air Quality Management District
California Air Resources Board
Panel 3 - Local Government Representatives
Lorelei Oviatt, Director of Planning and Community Development for Kern County
Panel 4 - Stakeholder Overview
Clean Water Action 2013 Legislative Priorities
Clean Water Action Review of Draft Regulations
Clean Water Action Recommendations
February 20, 2013
Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Natural Resources and Water and Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committees
"Department of Parks and Recreation - Review of Audits and Compliance with 2012 Legislation"
Letter from Attorney General, Kamala Harris
Letter from District Attorney, Jan Scully
California State Auditor Statement
February 26, 2013
Joint Informational Hearing: Senate Natural Resources and Water and Governance and Fiance Committees
"Overview of California's Debt Condition: Priming the Pump for a Water Bond"
Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect
Legislative Analyst's Office - State Infrastructure Bonds
Legislative Analyst's Office - Building a Water Bond
March 12, 2013
Informational Hearing
"What's Changed Since the Legislature Passed the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010?"
Demographic Data (Blue attachment)
LAO Letter Hon. Luis Alejo (Green attachement)
Storage Developments for California Water - Jay Lund
Southern California Water Committee
Communities That Rely On a Contaminated Groundwater Source for Drinking Water
Resilience and the Recent Drought
April 30, 2013
Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Reasources and Water and Select Committee on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
"The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Overview of the Issues"
Proposed Portfolio Approach
Letter from Legislators to Secretary Laird
Letter from Secretary Laird to Legislators
Select Newspaper Articles
California officials unveil Delta water tunnel plan
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/14/5263847/california-officials-unveil-delta.html
California voters, lawmakers have no say in OK of major river diversion plan
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/24/5288162/california-voters-lawmakers-have.html
Delta water tunnels post a tangle of complexities
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/27/5297445/delta-water-tunnels-pose-a-tangle.html
State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/07/5322193/state-water-tunnel-plans-call.html
Federal agencies raise concerns about Delta tunnel plan
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/16/5344645/federal-agencies-raise-concerns.html
Gov. Jerry Brown presses feds for quick review of Delta water tunnel project
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/26/5373295/gov-jerry-brown-presses-feds-for.html
Delta tunnel project to radically change Sacramento County landscape:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5377328/delta-tunnel-project-to-radically.html
Interactive map: Sacramento Delta tunnel project
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5375593/interactive-map-sacramento-delta.html
Additional Information
Link to current BDCP brochures, press releases, and federal fishery agencies’ comments on administrative draft: http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/BDCPPlanningProcess/DocumentsAndDrafts.aspx
Link to current draft of BDCP: http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Library/DocumentsLandingPage/BDCPDocuments.aspx
May 10, 2013
Out of Town Informational Hearing: Pepperdine University
"Encouraging Regional Water Solutions: Implications for a Statewide Water Bond"
Susan Mulligan - Calleguas presentation
Deven Upadhyay - Metropolitan Water District presentation
Adi Liberman - Community Conservation Solutions
David Pettijohn - LA Dept. of Water and Power presentation
May 14, 2013
Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Reasources and Water and Select Committee on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
"The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Perspectives on the Plan"
Maven’s Minutes: Joint Informational Hearing: natural Resources and Water and Select Committee on the Delta: “BDCP: Overview of the Issues”
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/05/08/mavens-minutes-joint-informational-hearing-natural-reasources-and-water-and-select-committee-on-the-sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-the-bay-delta-conservation-plan-overview-of-the-issues/
Materials Provided By Witnesses
- Metropolitan Water District, It’s About Reliability: Bay Delta Conservation Plan attached: BDCP Reliability Fact Sheet final
- Metropolitan Water District, 2014 Water Bond Priorities attached: 2014 Water Bond Priorities
- State Water Contractors, Delta Water Tunnels: Build It Once, Build It Right attached: Delta Water Tunnels
- State Water Contractors, Securing our Water, Restoring the Delta, Creating Jobs attached: BDCP Jobs Fact Sheet
- Doug Obegi, State’s Refusal to Use Sound Science Continues to Delay the Bay Delta Conservation Plan http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dobegi/states_refusal_to_use_sound_sc.html
- Northern California Water Association, What’s at Stake? attached: NCWA Whats At Stake Brochure
- Sacramento Bee: Delta tunnel project to radically change Sacramento County landscape, 4/28/13 http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5377328/delta-tunnel-project-to-radically.html
Recent Editorials/Columns
- Stuart Levenworth, Scope and Impact of Delta Twin Tunnels is Starting to Hit Home, 3/17/13
- http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/17/5267210/scope-and-impact-of-delta-twin.html
- Lois Henry, Delta Tunnel Plans Have Water Districts On Edge, 4/10/13
- http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/columnists/lois-henry/x1891367627/LOIS-HENRY-Delta-tunnel-plans-have-water-districts-on-edge
- Sacramento Bee, Feds Need to Press Brown to Look at All Options for a Bay-Delta Fix, 4/28/13
- http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5375489/editorial-feds-need-to-press-brown.html
- Mercury News, Bay Area Can’t Afford to Lose Delta Water Fight, 5/4/13
- http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_23159321/mercury-news-editorial-bay-area-cant-afford-lose
- LA Daily News, Build Delta Tunnels for All of California, 5/5/13
- http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_23177156/build-delta-tunnels-all-california-editorial
Other Voices
- Southern California Water Committee, Why Last Minute Proposals for the Delta Fall Short of California’s Needs, 4/26/13 http://www.socalwater.org/news/scwc-water-blog/187-why-last-minute-proposals-for-the-delta-fall-short-of-californias-needs
- Restore the Delta,Restore the Delta Responds to Peripheral Tunnels Update, 4/30/13
- http://www.restorethedelta.org/restore-the-delta-responds-to-peripheral-tunnels-update/
- U.S. Representative Doris Matsui, Committee on Natural Resources and Water, 4/30/13 attached: State Senate Hearing Remarks