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
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
- Santa Cruz County Letter
- Santa Cruz County Resolution
Panel 4 - Stakeholder Overview
- Clean Water Action 2013 Legislative Priorities
- Clean Water Action Review of Draft Regulations
- Clean Water Action Recommendations
- Culver City Comments
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"
- 2/20/13 Agenda
- Audio Recording of Hearing
- Background
- Revenue Generation Plan
- 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"
- 2/26/13 Agenda
- Audio Recording of Hearing
- Background
- Debt Affordability Report
- Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect
- Legislative Analyst's Office - State Infrastructure Bonds
- Legislative Analyst's Office - Building a Water Bond
- Ellen Hanak Testimony
- Ellen Hanak PowerPoint
- Treasurers Report
March 12, 2013
Informational Hearing
"What's Changed Since the Legislature Passed the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010?"
- 3/12/13 Agenda
- Audio Recording of Hearing
- Water Bond
- Background
- AB 685 (Goldenrod attachment)
- 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
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- 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"
- 5/10/13 Agenda
- Audio Recording of Hearing
- 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"
- 5/14/13 Agenda
- Auido of Hearing
- 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
- Don Nottoli Sacramento County Supervisor Testimony
- 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
June 18, 2013
Informational Hearing: "Well Stimulation in the Oil and Gas Fields of California"
- 6/18/13 Agenda
- 6/18/13 Audio Recording of Hearing
- Background
- Glossary of Terms
- California Unconventional Handout
- Traditional Acid Well Stimulation Handout
- Director Mark Nechodom Letter
- Halliburton Response Letter
- Example of Industry Invite Letter
- "Insight: California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction" article
August 13, 2013
Joint Informational Hearing Senate Natural Resources and Water and Governance and Finance Committees
"The Governance and Financing of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Overview of the Issues"
September 24, 2013
Joint Informational Hearing Senate Environmental Quality and Natural Resources and Water Committees
"Setting the Stage for a 2014 Water Bond: Where Are We and Where Do We Need To Go?"
December 13, 2013
Informational Hearing: "The Los Angeles River and its San Fernando Valley Watershed: Progress and Opportunities"
- 12/13/13 Agenda
- 12/13/13 Background
- Nancy Steele - Council for Watershed Health - power point
- Ed De Mesa - US Army Corps of Engineers - power point
- Pauline Louie - Urban Waters Federal Partnership - power point
- Deborah Weintraub - Acting City Engineer - power point
- Terri Grant - Los Angeles County Department of Public Works - power point
- Evelyn Cortez-Davis - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - power point
- The Nature Conservancy - public comment
- The Nature Conservancy - public comment 2
- The River Project - comment
- The River Project - LA River Booklet
- R. Fisk - public comment
- M. Stirdivant - public comment
- Trust for Public Land - public comment