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The editorial board of the Seaside Courier has studied the various candidates in key coastal North County races and has prepared its candidate recommendations for the Nov. 8 elections. We are not making recommendations in all races, and in other races we are not supporting a full slate of candidates. We are only asking that you give consideration to voting for the following candidates for the following stated reasons. Encinitas needs Paul Gaspar as its next mayor.

An environmental impact report on San Diego’s nearly $3 billion plan to recycle wastewater into drinking water will go before the City Council’s Environment Committee Wednesday. Supporters of the so-called “Pure Water San Diego” program say it will provide residents and businesses with a stable, local supply of potable water that won’t be affected by drought or the uncertainties of future imports. The product will be purified and mixed with water from traditional sources before it’s delivered to customers.

The United States wrought “devastating consequences” upon farmers in California’s Central Valley when it took control of water meant for agriculture and residents and diverted it to other districts on the west side of the Central Valley, Fresno and 17 water districts claim in a $350 million federal lawsuit.
Fresno and the water district say the government gave them nothing after it took ownership of all of the water in the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project in 2014 to give to a group of contractors as “substitute water,” according to the Oct. 5 complaint in the Court of Federal Claims.

San Jacinto Valley native Randy Record was reelected Tuesday, Oct. 11, to a second two-year term as chairman of the board of Metropolitan Water District, which wholesales water to 26 member agencies in Southern California. Record has served on the Perris-based Eastern Municipal Water District board since 2001 and has represented that regional agency on Metropolitan’s board since 2003. During his first term as Metropolitan chairman, the district confronted unmatched drought conditions, according to a news release.

Despite five years of drought, record-setting heat and water being diverted to protect the state’s native fish population, Southern California’s top urban water agency said Monday that it has enough water stored for nearly five years. “That is pretty good,” said Jeff Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, during a news conference at its Los Angeles headquarters. “Demand is down and supply is up. We’ve added to our drought resiliency even in the middle of a drought.”