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Without a Statewide Water Supply Target, California’s Future is at Risk

November 27, 2023/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Capitol Weeklyby Heather Dyer and Graham Knaus

If you don’t already know, it will surprise you to learn that for all the attention that our state’s water supply receives in California – for all the worry and effort it takes to make sure there’s enough for our 40 million residents, 24 million acres of farmland, countless acres of natural environment, and status as the world’s fifth-largest economy (of which its agriculture and environment are huge parts) – no statewide goal exists to ensure a sustainable water supply for California’s future. What big, bold vision has ever been achieved without first setting a goal?

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Gov. Newsom’s Draft Budget Funds Sustainable Ag

January 20, 2021/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Capital Pressby Sierra Dawn McClain

Gov. Gavin Newsom has released his proposed state budget, which includes provisions for sustainable agriculture programs in California.

The proposed budget directs money to the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including the Healthy Soils Program and SWEEP, the State Water Efficiency Program.

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Governor Newsom’s Executive Order Aims to Conserve Land, Biodiversity, California Farm Bureau Federation Reports

October 20, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Sierra Sun Timesby Kevin Hecteman

A new California Biodiversity Collaborative will help determine how to carry out an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at conserving 30% of California’s land and marine areas by 2030—and agricultural organizations said they would participate to assure the collaborative recognizes stewardship efforts carried out on the state’s farms and ranches.

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Newsom’s Conservation Order Raises More Skepticism for Farmers and Ranchers

October 15, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Agri Pulseby Brad Hooker

The order raises more questions about the administration’s agenda when it comes to pesticides and freshwater flows for threatened fish species.

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Opinion: Governor Newsom Must Clarify His Delta Tunnel Plan

August 25, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Cal Mattersby Bruce Babbitt

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently released his Water Resilience Plan, a platform of 142 proposals gathered from state agencies to manage and improve California’s water future.

The big ticket items are two infrastructure projects: the Delta conveyance tunnel and Sites Reservoir, alongside the Sacramento River.

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Newsom Lays Out Big Dreams for California’s Water Future

July 29, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Courthouse News Serviceby Nick Cahill

Touting ways to shield California’s most precious resource from climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom released strategies Tuesday to improve drinking water quality, revive a stalled multibillion-dollar tunnel and build new dams.

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Opinion: It’s Time to Deliver on Human Right to Clean, Affordable Water

July 17, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /Visalia Times Deltaby Susana De Anda and Allison Harvey Turner

Amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide uprisings for racial justice, California’s promise to fulfill the human right to water has never been more clear or urgent.

A year ago this month, the state legislature, led by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and Senator Bill Monning, passed and Governor Newsom signed the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund (SB 200) into law, the result of years of frontline community organizing and advocacy.

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A Glimpse at Some of What’s in California’s New $202-Billion State Budget

June 30, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles Timesby John Myers

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law the key provisions of a new state budget, a spending plan that seeks to erase a historic deficit while preserving service levels for schools, healthcare and social services.

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Budget Cuts for SGMA Funding Could Hurt Farmers Later

May 28, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Agri Pulseby Brad Hooker

The pandemic-induced recession has come at a critical time for water planning in the state. The governor’s administration in January pitched ambitious proposals to help fund the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and cushion its impacts on farmers and local communities. In the May Revision of the budget proposal, however, all but one funding allocation from an earlier proposition have been withdrawn.

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Opinion: California’s Inner-Struggle for Common Sense on Water

March 3, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sun by Wayne Western Jr.

As you have probably heard, initial 2020 water allocations have been announced by the Bureau of Reclamation for Central Valley Project contractors.

For agriculture, north-of-Delta is currently allocated 50 percent of their contract while south-of-Delta ag users will receive is 15 percent.

Friant Class 1 users initial allocation is 20 percent while Class 2 is zero. Wildlife refuges will receive 100% while the San Joaquin Restoration Program will receive just under 71,000 acre-feet of water.

Other allocations cover senior water right holders and municipal and industrial uses.

It’s critical to note that reservoir levels and snowpack are not great but are also nowhere near the terrible levels of 2014 and 2015.

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