/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
If a government meeting convenes in San Diego and there’s no agenda or minutes, did it really happen? This is one of the questions California lawmakers hoped to avoid with passage of the Brown Act, the 1953 open meeting law that generally prohibits a majority of the members of a public board or council from […]
/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /The Delta Confluence (Sacramento) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and the Salton Sea Task Force released a ten-year plan to protect habitat and human health for the state’s largest inland lake that has been plagued by decreased flows, drought and rapidly increasing salinity and pollutants. Exposed playa, or lakebed, along the sea’s shores create toxic dust, as many […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Fallbrook and Bonsall Village News Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
On March 22, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution in support of efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover nearly $250 million in illegal charges imposed on local water users in recent years by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California, and calling on MWD to […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Don Bauder Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
On January 26, San Diego County’s water authority exulted that the drought was over. On March 22, the New York Times wrote, “We have some good news on the California drought.” The huge snowpack in the Sierras portends more water. Countywide, San Diego’s reservoirs are filling up. People are cheering. But there’s little joy in […]
Board Members Get Paid For Meetings That Aren’t Public
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIf a government meeting convenes in San Diego and there’s no agenda or minutes, did it really happen? This is one of the questions California lawmakers hoped to avoid with passage of the Brown Act, the 1953 open meeting law that generally prohibits a majority of the members of a public board or council from […]
Salton Sea Restoration No Longer Waiting For Dust To Settle
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Delta Confluence (Sacramento) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and the Salton Sea Task Force released a ten-year plan to protect habitat and human health for the state’s largest inland lake that has been plagued by decreased flows, drought and rapidly increasing salinity and pollutants. Exposed playa, or lakebed, along the sea’s shores create toxic dust, as many […]
San Diego Leaders Call On MWD To ‘Stop The Spending!’
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook and Bonsall Village News Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOn March 22, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution in support of efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover nearly $250 million in illegal charges imposed on local water users in recent years by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California, and calling on MWD to […]
Yay! San Diego Reservoirs Filling Up
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Don Bauder Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOn January 26, San Diego County’s water authority exulted that the drought was over. On March 22, the New York Times wrote, “We have some good news on the California drought.” The huge snowpack in the Sierras portends more water. Countywide, San Diego’s reservoirs are filling up. People are cheering. But there’s little joy in […]