July 19, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
RonKayeLA.com
Political Doubletalk: The Perfect is Not the Enemy of the Good, At the End of the Day Comes Just Another Day
http://ronkayela.com/2012/07/political-doubletalk-the-perfect-is-not-the-enemy-of-the-good-at-the-end-of-the-day-comes-just-another-day.html
(h/t Nature Watch.  If you read nothing but one article today, please make it this one.  Mr. Kaye hits the nail on the head!

If you want public engagement, public participation, you have to tear down the wall of secrecy the same way the Berlin Wall was torn down.

Officials are not going to do that. It has to be done because you the people want to take back your government.

It needs to start with those already active in community: Business groups, neighborhood groups, service clubs, volunteers, school activists – nothing will happen unless you start a new conversation, an inclusive conversation, and organize yourselves into a unified force demanding change, demanding transparency and honesty, balance of interests, values and needs.

If you want power, you have to take it. It is there for the taking but there is no evidence even those who are participating really want a share of the power.

Snug Harbor Resorts
http://www.acwa.com/sites/default/files/page/2010/04/blueprint.pdf
This link provides a good review of what is happening right now in the Delta and Delta planning.  Again, note the names of the people working for ACWA at the time this was written and where they each show up now.

Restore the Delta

Experts: BDCP Proposal 'Fatally Flawed'
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001KWNitdH9AKUioyvPNzxkjyM-XzeIOWbQMBtGuXd6YpsfyGuYA5eCCTKWXAxPdE8Pw6q8Gxw3gBIarn8AoBt2q87AKYn70Wpt0kHcX4U7FEGZwM-7sCeNbA%3D%3D

Dan Bacher
Alternet.org
Congressional Leaders Urge Cost-Benefit Analysis of Delta Tunnel
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/18/congressional-leaders-urge-cost-benefit-analysis-of-delta-tunne/

Valley Economy Blog
BDCP Moved From Unpermittable to Unfinanciable
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/07/bdcp-goes-from-unpermittable-to.html

Aquafornia.com
Congressman Dennis Cardoza
Cardoza, Costa Urge Leadership on BDCP
http://cardoza.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=87&itemid=840

ACWA.com
Brown Signs Bill Affirming Independence of DSC
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/brown-signs-government-reorganization-plan-law

Alex Breitler's Blog
Supes to Consider Opposing 'BDCP-Plus'
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/18/supes-to-consider-bdcp-plus/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29
(Hmmm...BDCP Plus, Monterey Agreements Plus...anyone else see a pattern here??   Again, past patterns of behavior are excellent indicators of future actions.)

ACWA.com
New Fact Sheet Educates Public on BDCP
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/new-fact-sheet-educated-public-bdcp
(Was this drafted before yesterday's BDCP + release or after??)

Aquafornia.com
KQED
Bay Area Landscape Likely to Come Up Short on Water
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/07/18/bay-area-landscape-likely-to-come-up-short-on-water/

California Water News
Switchboard, NRDC
Anatomy of a Man-Made Drought in the San Francisco Bay
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/tswanson/anatomy_of_a_man-made_drought.html

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
San Francisco Bay Model, Sausalito
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/San-Francisco-Bay-Model-Sausalito-3717931.php

Water News
ACWA.com
Corps Report Considers Integrated Regional Water Management in Planning
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/corps-report-considers-integrated-water-resources-management-planning

Agriculture News
ACWA.com
Final Agriculture Water Measurement Regulations Adopted
http://www.acwa.com/news/conservation/final-agricultural-water-measurement-regulations-adopted

Levee News

Fisheries News
San Jose Mercury News
Feds Urge Water to prevent Repeat of Salmon Kill
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21105003/feds-urge-water-prevent-repeat-salmon-kill

Anderson Valley Advertiser
Return of the King Salmon
http://theava.com/archives/16538

Aquafornia.com
Monterey County Weekly
Delta Deception California's Booming Salmon Season Belies...
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/jul/19/delta-deception/

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
California Lifts Rules that Curbed Anti-Mosquito Ground Treatments
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/19/4641319/california-lifts-rules-that-curbed.html#mi_rss=Environment

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun-Star
Central Valley's Ecological State Studies
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/07/18/2423812/central-valleys-ecological-state.html

Tribal News

Infrastructure News
Claycord.com
Mt. Diablo Beacon Restoration Bill Signed into Law by Governor Jerry Brown
http://claycord.com/2012/07/18/mt-diablo-beacon-restoration-bill-signed-into-law-by-governor-jerry-brown/
(WOW...now that's some fast action right there.)

Economic News
Aguanomics.com
Lies, Damned Lies and Subsidies
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/07/lies-damned-lies-and-subsidies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Tourism News

California Political News
California's Capitol
California Conversations with Willie Brown
http://www.californiascapitol.com/calcap/2012/07/11022/

Anderson Valley Advertiser
Richard Blum The Man Behind California's 'Developing Economy'
http://theava.com/archives/3874

Disaster Capitalist University
http://theava.com/archives/3874
Richard (Blum) Ellis' North Coast Pension Booze
http://theava.com/archives/5298
(These were written in 2010 but are relevant to today's shenanigans.)

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Govtslaves.com
Mainstream Media Pissed: Druge Funneled At Least 30 Million Visitors to Alternative Websites
http://govtslaves.info/mainstream-media-pissed-drudge-funneled-at-least-30-million-visitors-to-alternative-websites/
(Boo hoo, poor Little Patsy!!! One HAS to go to alternative news sites and blogs to get anything that closely resembles journalism.  The crap that is spoon-fed to the masses by MSM only perpetuates the collusion and corruption currently overflowing from every segment of our government and society.

Heck, if if weren't for posts such as these, people would have nothing even closely resembling the truth to base decisions upon.  Nor would there be a bright deer-hunting spotlight shining ever so brightly on the players and their games.)

Science News

High Speed Rail News
Reuters
California Moves Forward on $68 Billion High-Speed Rail Project
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-usa-california-rail-idUSBRE86H1K820120718

Washington Post
California Governor Signs Bill for High-Speed Rail Train That Faces Questions About Funding
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/california-governor-signs-bill-for-high-speed-train-that-faces-questions-about-funding/2012/07/18/gJQAUmsKuW_story.html

San Jose Mercury News
Governor Brown Signs California High-Speed Rail Bill, Call Critics 'NIMBYs', 'Fearful Men'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/california-governor-signs-bill-for-high-speed-train-that-faces-questions-about-funding/2012/07/18/gJQAUmsKuW_story.html
(I'm fearful...fearful of what this folly does to the future of our children.)

CNN.com
Governor Signs Law to Make California Home to Nation's First Truly High-Speed Rail
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/us/california-high-speed-rail/index.html

CBS San Francisco
Brown Signs California High-Speed Rail Bill Amid Challenges
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/18/brown-signs-california-high-speed-rail-bill-amid-challenges/

Bayou Buzz, Louisiana
California Set for High-Speed Rail First
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/top-stories/item/32337-california-set-for-high-speed-rail-first

LATimes.com
Is California's High-Speed Train on Track of Off the Rails?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-delta-san-joaquin-20120718%2c0%2c5227906.story
(h/t Nature Watch)

Sacramento Business Journal
Governor Signs Bill to Fund High-Speed Rail Segment
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/07/18/governor-bill-fund-high-speed-rail.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

SFGate.com
Calif. Bullet Train Faces Funding, Legal Challenges
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Calif-bullet-train-faces-funding-legal-challenges-3717483.php
http://www.sfgate.com/default/photo/California-Gov-Jerry-Brown-center-displays-3210242.php
(ht Nature Watch.

Doesn't Steinberg look like a crazy-pleased toddler in this shot??  Love photographs like this...in the right hands, they become 'evidence'!)

California Progress Report
Furthering the Vision of High Speed Rail
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/furthering-vision-high-speed-rail

California Watch
Rail Authority Says Revised Report Won't Slow Construction
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/rail-authority-says-revised-report-won-t-slow-construction-17175

CalWatchDog.com
Gov Seals CA Crash with High Speed Rail Bill
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/19/gov-seals-ca-crash-with-high-speed-rail-bill/

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Canada Free Press
Unholy Trinity - Monsanto - Big Pharmacy - New World Order
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48160#When:22:50:20Z

News With Views
Tennessee Governor Haslam, water Rights and Agenda 21, Corruption Part 6
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh162.htm

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
CalWatchDog.com
Court Rules Greenies Told a Whopper of a Smelt Fish Story
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/19/court-rules-greenies-told-a-whopper-of-a-smelt-fish-story/

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