As California officials craft new regulations for urban water conservation, critics who belittle the importance of these efforts are often deflecting, a water policy advocate argues.
Household use is a tiny fraction of California's overall water supply, but the state wants to spend billions of dollars to make a tiny reduction in that already infinitesimal bit of water consumption.
After years of jousting among California's many water interests, there have been a few major breakthroughs recently. But other battles, such as validity of long-standing water rights, remain unsettled.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture recently issued a quarantine order for Ventura County after Huanlongbing, a devastating citrus disease, was discovered. To overcome the threat, government and growers of all sizes have a key role to play.
California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state's fundamental water conflicts remain.
The federal government is investigating major land acquisitions near Travis Air Force Base to determine whether the owner Flannery Associates poses a security risk. California can also intervene to protect the significant water, agriculture and environmental interests at stake.
Gov. Gavin Newsom in March said state relief would soon help flood victims who don’t qualify for federal emergency relief. The state has yet to name nonprofits that will dole out the aid.
Fresno is one of the most economically distressed and unequal regions in California. Fresno DRIVE, a public-private effort, is starting to boost minority businesses, agricultural technology, and other initiatives.
The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.
Pardon the pun, but 2023 could be a watershed year not only for its immense amounts of rainfall and snow but for the 173-year war for control of California's water supply.