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OPINION: With New Climate Legislation, Gov. Brown Gets Even With The Oil Industry

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby George Skelton

Gov. Jerry Brown got mad and one year later has gotten even with the oil lobby. It’s a textbook example of what can happen in a representative democracy when a leader is willing to settle for realistic goals. It’s what results when one doesn’t get too greedy and agrees to compromise. It’s also symptomatic of one-party control. Dominant Democrats in Sacramento hang together more often than not, and that produces victories when only a simple majority vote is required. And that’s usually. Republicans these days are mostly irrelevant in California’s Capitol.

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Hearing on Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Postponed

/in /by /Orange County Breeze Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant

Last week, Poseidon Water agreed to postpone the hearing on its proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project and work with state regulators on a process that will ensure a rigorous review of the project. Orange County Coastkeeper says this is good news for residents and ratepayers because the review process is designed to protect the county’s valuable coastline, clean air and water and ensure proposed desalination projects serve the public interest.

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Rosarito Beach Desalination Project Moves Forward

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Sandra Dibble Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant

 

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San Vicente Reservoir Reopening for Boating, Fishing After 8 Years

/in /by /Times of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Vicente Reservoir, closed for eight years, will reopen Sept. 22, and boating and fishing permits are scheduled to go on sale this evening, according to the city of San Diego. The permits, which will go on sale on the Ticketmaster website at 7 p.m. Pacific Time, will allow for water activities Sept. 22-26 at the facility. Permits are $8 for adults to fish and $7 for boat launches, plus Ticketmaster processing fees. The reservoir has been closed since September 2008 to allow the San Diego County Water Authority to raise the dam 117 feet, creating more water storage capacity at the municipally owned facility.

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L.A. Betting That Stormwater Can Help Ease California’s Drought

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Matt Stevens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Five years of drought have struck different parts of California unevenly. Cities with multiple sources of water have weathered the crisis relatively well, even after important reservoirs have hit bottom. But residents of some small towns in the San Joaquin Valley and northern California, who depend on a single source of water, have had their daily routines upended when one important well or creek has run dry.

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Gov. Jerry Brown Hails Sweeping Climate Legislation, Plans to Sign Both Measures into Law

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian

Flanked by legislative leaders, Gov. Jerry Brown said new measures approved on Wednesday would be a milestone for the state’s climate change policies. “This is a real commitment backed up by real power,” he said during a Capitol news conference. Brown and top lawmakers spoke with reporters shortly after the Legislature gave their final stamp of approval to the two bills, a stark change in fortune after they appeared to lack the necessary support earlier this month. The governor has said he plans to sign the bills.

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Poseidon Water Moves to Speed up Huntington Beach Project Permits

/in /by /Desalination + Reuse

Poseidon Water is adjusting its strategy for gaining permits for Huntington Beach desalination plant, as it moves to keep the project running to schedule. Instead of requesting a coastal development permit in September as planned, Poseidon will first renew its Regional Water Board operating permit, after new policies on seawater desalination came into effect in California in January.

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OPINION: California Must Stay The Course With Climate Policy

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Fran Pavley and Eduardo Garcia

A decade after California took a global lead by adopting its comprehensive policy to clear the air, transition to clean energy and reduce climate pollution, here’s what we know about what its effect has been: The economy has grown, in recent years outpacing the rest of the nation. Fueled by billions of dollars in private investment, a thriving clean-energy sector has blossomed, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Greenhouse gas emissions have dropped, and are on pace to meet the target of rolling them back to 1990 levels by 2020.

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OPINION: Is This it For California’s Big Climate Change Laws?

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Assembly and the Senate’s surprisingly quick action this week to pass both SB 32 and its companion piece, AB 197, was met with jubilation by the many people who are proud of California’s leadership combating the greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to global warming. It’s good that Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature on these measures is imminent. Yet this picture isn’t as tidy as it appears. SB 32 would build on AB 32, the landmark 2006 law requiring the state to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020; both measures were authored by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills.

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OPINION: A Dangerous Confluence on the California Coast: Beach Erosion and Sea Level Rise

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Steve Lopez

Bob Guza has the best job in California. That’s just my opinion, but take a look at this deal: At 68, his work clothes are a ball cap, shorts and flip-flops. He sets his own hours and gets paid to hang out on the beach all day with his toys, which include a sand buggy, a jet ski and a drone. Guza retired in 2012, but after a month off, the professor emeritus couldn’t think of anything better to do with his time, so he went back to work.

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