The Helix Water District plans to raise rates for its East County customers starting in July. While actual dollar amounts won’t be set until a cost of service study and the budget for the coming year are approved by the board in March, the Helix Water District Board of Directors last week proposed increasing rates […]
Tensions grew in a series of back-and-forth exchanges between attorneys for the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District and the Imperial Irrigation District regarding the Red Hill Bay project site during a third day of hearings over an air-pollution violation order against the district. A hearing board met Friday, Feb. 19, for the third part […]
Imperial County officials are considering suing the federal government over continued inaction at the polluted New River. Members of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors during their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, discussed potentially suing the United States government or sending a strongly worded “demand” letter to federal officials to try to sway them to […]
When Gov. Gavin Newsom was photographed dining at an opulent Napa Valley restaurant during a surge in coronavirus cases, many Californians saw it as hypocrisy. For opponents of a planned $1-billion desalination plant along the Orange County coast, however, the optics were menacing. The unmasked Newsom was celebrating the birthday of a lobbyist for Poseidon […]
Helix Water District Looks at Rate Changes to Take Effect in July
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Pearlman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Helix Water District plans to raise rates for its East County customers starting in July. While actual dollar amounts won’t be set until a cost of service study and the budget for the coming year are approved by the board in March, the Helix Water District Board of Directors last week proposed increasing rates […]
Tensions Rise Over Red Hill Bay in Part III of Hearing
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Holtville Tribune by Elizabeth VarinTensions grew in a series of back-and-forth exchanges between attorneys for the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District and the Imperial Irrigation District regarding the Red Hill Bay project site during a third day of hearings over an air-pollution violation order against the district. A hearing board met Friday, Feb. 19, for the third part […]
New River: Imperial County Looks at Options to Force Action
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Holtville Tribuneby Elizabeth VarinImperial County officials are considering suing the federal government over continued inaction at the polluted New River. Members of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors during their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, discussed potentially suing the United States government or sending a strongly worded “demand” letter to federal officials to try to sway them to […]
Newsom Pushes Private Seawater Desalting Plant Over Local and Environmental Opposition
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallWhen Gov. Gavin Newsom was photographed dining at an opulent Napa Valley restaurant during a surge in coronavirus cases, many Californians saw it as hypocrisy. For opponents of a planned $1-billion desalination plant along the Orange County coast, however, the optics were menacing. The unmasked Newsom was celebrating the birthday of a lobbyist for Poseidon […]