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First, a candidate with ties to a ten billion dollar data center project is also running for a board seat on Imperial County’s water and power agency. Then, we’ll tell you how and why trust in elections has decreased. Also, a look at e-bike injuries as the full San Diego City Council will soon make a decision on proposed e-bike regulations.

And, Nascar is coming to Naval Air Station North Island. Plus, the Coronado Unified School District might be tightening its cell phone policies.

Burnet Wohlford’s family built Escondido’s water supply. More than a century ago, his great-grandfather, Alvin, directed water to the area from the San Luis Rey River along a rock and brush canal. It’s a legacy built into the landscape, the dammed reservoir northeast of town bearing the family’s name.

But all these years later, the water system Wohlford’s family helped build is the very thing making life harder for him.

The San Diego County Water Authority said it will continue efforts to sell water to other regions of the state thanks to robust local supplies. The authority released a draft of its Urban Water Management Plan on Thursday that forecasts ample supply through 2050, even if there are multiple dry years.

“Thanks to the water authority’s water supply investments, San Diego County is well positioned to meet  future water demands with reliable supplies,” said Director of Water Resources Jeff Stephenson.

California’s water supply challenges increasingly pose risks not only to the state’s economy, but to national food production, interstate commerce, international trade, and national economic stability and security. While seawater desalination is a proven technology used worldwide to expand reliable water supplies, large-scale projects along California’s coast have faced significant regulatory barriers at the state level.

In the report, Creating Opportunities to Bring Seawater Desalination to Coastal Federal Lands in California, authors Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at California Policy Center, and Tim Paone, Partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, outline practical actions the federal government can take using existing authority or targeted legislative action to enable the development of seawater desalination facilities on federal coastal lands in California.