/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Cassia Pollock Mentioned: San Diego County’s Water Authority
Governor Jerry Brown ended the drought state of emergency in most of California Friday, garnering praise from San Diego County’s Water Authority. Record-breaking rainfall helped create a dramatic improvement in water supplies. Heavy rains fell across California this winter, including record-breaking precipitation in San Diego County, according to the Water Authority. State agencies also issued […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
After one of the wettest winters on record, Gov. Jerry Brown declared Friday that California’s historic drought is officially over for all but a handful of areas in the Central Valley. But after five years of severely dry conditions, California also is pressing forward with a dramatic overhaul of its conservation ethic for farms to […]
San Diego’s county and city pension funds are losing ground in their pursuit of a fully funded plan, but 10 other local government pension plans are just as bad or worse off. The Valley Center Municipal Water District, Otay Water District, city of El Cajon’s safety plan, the city of San Marcos and six other […]
Regarding “Local agencies ignore ‘be open’ admonition”(April 5): It was disturbing to read the U-T Editorial Board’s recent inaccurate and unwarranted assertion that the San Diego County Water Authority has ignored state law by not providing public notice or agendas for every meeting for which a board member receives a stipend. The U-T unfairly attempted […]
Water Authority Applauds Gov. Brown for Declaring Drought’s End
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Cassia Pollock Mentioned: San Diego County’s Water AuthorityGovernor Jerry Brown ended the drought state of emergency in most of California Friday, garnering praise from San Diego County’s Water Authority. Record-breaking rainfall helped create a dramatic improvement in water supplies. Heavy rains fell across California this winter, including record-breaking precipitation in San Diego County, according to the Water Authority. State agencies also issued […]
Permanent Water Conservation Rules Coming To San Diego, Rest Of State
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAfter one of the wettest winters on record, Gov. Jerry Brown declared Friday that California’s historic drought is officially over for all but a handful of areas in the Central Valley. But after five years of severely dry conditions, California also is pressing forward with a dramatic overhaul of its conservation ethic for farms to […]
San Diego County’s 10 Worst-Funded Pension Plans
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ashly McGloneSan Diego’s county and city pension funds are losing ground in their pursuit of a fully funded plan, but 10 other local government pension plans are just as bad or worse off. The Valley Center Municipal Water District, Otay Water District, city of El Cajon’s safety plan, the city of San Marcos and six other […]
In Response: Water Authority Meetings Open And Transparent
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneRegarding “Local agencies ignore ‘be open’ admonition”(April 5): It was disturbing to read the U-T Editorial Board’s recent inaccurate and unwarranted assertion that the San Diego County Water Authority has ignored state law by not providing public notice or agendas for every meeting for which a board member receives a stipend. The U-T unfairly attempted […]