March 21, 2013 Delta and Water Related News

Delta Related and Water News
Dr. Jeffrey Mount's Valley Economy
State Water Board Meeting Reminds Me of the Hunger Games
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/03/state-water-board-meeting-reminds-me-of.html

I hope the warring neighbors can stop hitting each other for a moment and find some unity around their common problem with the state/federal contractors.  They need to jointly demand a change to the narrow scope of this process.

 (Yeah...what he says!)

California and Our National Energy Plan
Burt Wilson's Public Water News Service
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001T68Z-93cJFYKFEQ4742eNpUYfmwBQ7Ufb17LoT8Eyu4AQKWBDv0UI0ITtCDnKZwxmCzTB80GnkaLEN_QaG7Qiv2YgS9LLyg-LIOi6TkPKtWkkwH3nKc__g%3D%3D

Solano County Leaders Speak Out on Delta Plan
http://www.thereporter.com/ci_22829824/solano-county-leaders-speak-out-delta-plan

Support for California's Water Bond Falls, Poll Finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-water-bond-poll-20130320,0,7006584.story

Coburn Amendment to Reopen WH Fails, Govt Promoted, Cookbooks...Continues
http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/20/coburn-amendment-to-reopen-wh-fails-govt-promoted-winery-music-cook-books-iphone-apps-winter-festivals-continue/
(And this matters to the Delta, how??  

The amendment to reopen the White House for tours, which was introduced by the Oklahoma Republican, would have reduced National Heritage Area funding by $8.1 million and directed $6 million of the savings toward keeping the White House and other National Parks open. It failed by a 54-45 vote.

Senator Mark DeSaulnier Appointed to Delta Protection Commission
http://claycord.com/2013/03/20/senator-mark-desaulnier-appointed-to-delta-protection-commission/

Study the 'Portfolio'
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/03/21/study-the-portfolio/?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

To Be Continued...
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/03/20/to-be-continued/?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

Hydraulically Inclined's A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2013/03/11/a-few-good-reads-31113-proposed-dam-in-alaska-realities-of-managing-the-delta/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29
 
The Fall of Delta Science
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/the_fall_of_delta_science/

BDCP Rollout: Did Anyone Say Anything That Surprised You?
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2013/03/bdcp-rollout-did-anyone-say-anything-that-surprised-you/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews_032113.pdf
 
Our Green Headquarters - Packard Foundation
http://www.packard.org/about-the-foundation/our-green-headquarters/
(Give you the 'warm and fuzzies'??)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/03/news-articles-and-links-from-march-21.html

California's Resilience to Drought
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2013/03/californias-resilience-to-drought/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Farmland Trust March Newsletter
http://www.farmland.org/news/newsletters/enews/2013/March.asp

2nd Amendment News
Gun Control by the U.N.
http://commonamericanjournal.com/gun-control-by-the-u-n/

The exact wording of the agreement, and more importantly, how vague passages can be interpreted and twisted by the courts, will determine what the treaty actually means. It could, for example, force America to implement a national gun-registration scheme, ban importation of weapons and impose burdensome regulations on transfers…

(Isn't what Feinstein's legislation was supposed to accomplish?)

Articles: Sheriff Cruz Meets School Marm Feinstein
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/sheriff_cruz_meets_school_marm_feinstein.html

Cruz is the new sheriff in town who takes seriously his oath to uphold the Constitution. Cruz's interrogation of Attorney General Eric Holder about constitutional limits on the President's use of drones on American citizens on U.S. soil and his questioning of Feinstein put the Senate and the administration on notice. They're not going to get a pass from him when they ignore constitutional constraints on the federal government.

Feinstein's Assault Weapons Ban Won't Be on Dems Gun Bill
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/19/assault-weapons-ban-wont-be-in-dems-gun-bill/

Despite Supreme Court Decision, Obama Administration Insists GPS Tracking Doesn't Require a Warrant
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/despite-supreme-court-decision-obama-administration-insists-gps-tracking-doesnt-require-warrant-130321?news=849501

Agriculture/Science News
Institute for Responsible Technology 
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/posts/

Meetings to Discuss Impacts of Food Safety Law on Growers
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-fsma-031913

More Data Needed on Growers' Nitrogen Use, Researchers Say
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-nitrogen-study-w-photo-infobox-031813

Ketogenic Diet May be Key to Cancer Recovery
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola270.html

Levee/Infrastructure News
California Infrastructure Grades Are In: "Needs Improvement"
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/california-infrastructure-grades-are-in-needs-improvement
(Did you expect anything else??)

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
New Salmon Water Now Video: Truth and Justice
http://www.c-win.org/content/new-salmon-water-now-video-truth-and-justice.html

Whole Foods, Trader Joe's Ban GMO Salmon
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Whole-Foods-Trader-Joe-s-ban-GMO-salmon-4372042.php#ixzz2O9gDdpuo

The Fish Sniffer - Bay Delta Conservation Plan Will Fail to Restore the Estuary
Dan Bacher
http://www.fishsniffer.com/blogs/details/bay-delta-conservation-plan-will-fail-to-restore-the-estuary/
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/21/18734022.php

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News
Aguanomics.com
Self-Evident Water Delusions
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/03/self-evident-water-delusions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Speed Blogging
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/03/speed-blogging_19.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Structural Failure at the Corps of Engineers
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/03/structural-failure-at-corps-of-engineers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29 

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
CHSRA Board Approves Blended Plan; Bond Sales
https://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/chsra-board-approves-blended-plan-bond-sales

Only 54% Oppose Bullet Train?  Sheesh
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/21/only-54-oppose-bullet-train-sheesh/

In Same Spirit as 'Courtesy Flush', It's the 'Courtesy Vote'
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/18/in-the-same-spirit-as-a-courtesy-flush-its-the-courtesy-vote/

National Political News
Does Taking an Oath on the Constitution Count for Anything?
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/does-taking-an-oath-on-the-constitution-count-for-anything/

House Committee Votes to Fire Federal Employees Who Owe Back Taxes
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/21/house-committee-moves-to-fire-federal-workers-who-owe-back-taxes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(It's about time.)

No More Asking for Permission to Speak
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano92.1.html

Obama Limo Towed in Isreal
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=11061&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RightPundits+%28Right+Pundits%29
(Kinds sucks to be him today!)

Along the 'sucks to be you' theme...
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=11058&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RightPundits+%28Right+Pundits%29

California Political News
KFI's John & Ken Discuss 'Browndoggle' with CWD's Chris Reed
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/16/kfis-john-ken-discuss-browndoggle-with-cwds-chris-reed/

Selling Fracking to a Propagandized California Public
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/17/selling-fracking-to-a-propagandized-california-public/

CA-Style Feudalization is Going National
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/16/ca-style-feudalization-is-going-national/

Lawsuit Opposes Excessive Coastal Commission Restrictions
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/08/lawsuit-opposes-excessive-coastal-commission-restrictions/

Sacramento Growth Plan: More Low Income Housing
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/19/sacramento-growth-plan-more-low-income-housing/

CA Dem Lawmakers Figuring Out Something Rotten in CalPERS
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/19/ca-dem-lawmakers-figure-out-pension-status-quo-stinks/

Pay No Attention to the Political Consultants Behind the Curtain
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/03/15/pay-no-attention-to-the-political-consultants-behind-the-curtain/

Litigation News
Feds Must Pay $2.4M to California Water Users
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/mp-irrigator-damages-031213

Tribal News

Calendar
Funeral Services for Michael Pieretti
Friday, March 22, 2013
10:00AM St. Anthony's Church
Walnut Grove
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001T68Z-93cJFYKFEQ4742eNnt_zqESGFZzZnK9913jNlaZadjZwndvdsgar8L9UT1sSjpC6NuPKgajhK5C0DuFDYJC3Nut5iCZuFgg0jevA3r8U22b8rsTzQ%3D%3D

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Heralding California's Little-Known Role in the Civil War
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/arts/artsspecial/heralding-californias-little-known-role-in-the-civil-war.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Articles: Coolidge: A Politician Uncannily Deserving of Respect
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/coolidge_a_politician_uncannily_deserving_of_respect.html

Harding and Coolidge campaigned for smaller government as a response to the rising federal debt following World War I, a top tax rate over 70 percent, the nationalization of railroads, and Progressive attempts to establish governmental control of water power and electricity.

February 21, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Blend up a pitcher of these, It's National Margarita Day!

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/22/national-margarita-day/

Delta/California/Water News
Battle to Stop the Delta Tunnel Boondoggle Targets Southern California with TV Commercials and Website Launch
Yubanet..com
http://yubanet.com/california/Battle-to-Stop-the-Delta-Tunnels-Boondoggle-Targets-Southern-California-with-TV-Commercials-and-Website-Launch.php#.USeLHTdaaSo
Regardless of where one resides in California, this is nothing more than a power/water/land grab by a very few elite.  Theft is theft, at least it was the last time I checked, regardless of perpetrator.)
Southern California Water Alliance
http://www.deltatunnelsboondoggle.com/

Governor Brown Met Privately With Beverly Hills Ag Queen, Junk Bond King
Dan Bacher
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/09/1185886/--Governor-Brown-met-privately-with-Beverly-Hills-Ag-Queen-Junk-Bond-King#

DWR's Delta eNews
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8649

Chronicle Editorial: Delta Pipes Pitch Less Than Perfect
C-WIN
http://www.c-win.org/content/chronicle-editorial-delta-pipes-pitch-less-perfect.html

Equite, Scarcite, Liberte
Delta National Park
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/equite_scarcite_liberte/

State Water Plan eNews
http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/enews/2013/cwp_e-news022013.pdf

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_21.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Prominent American Scientists Call for Eco-Dictatorship Under U.N. Rule
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Prominent_American_Scientists_Call_For_Eco-Dictatorship_Under_UN_Rule/24367/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(This is scary...really scary...

Upcoming Scientific Publication: “(…) governments can and even should move beyond existent levels of public permission in order to shift norms, allowing public sentiment to later catch up with the regulation.”

American Farmland Trust: E Newsletter
http://www.farmland.org/news/newsletters/enews/2013/February.asp

Rural Counties Representatives of California
Newslette
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/
(Again, this is AG21, and your county has PAID DUES to this private, incorporated entity/organization to further entrench them into U.N. policies...another wolf in sheep's clothing, folks.)

Question Everything
Laurie Roth
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie365.htm

Agriculture/Science News
Agricultural Climate Adaptation Can Mitigate, Too
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/52444

The Questions that Won't Be Asked
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/02/questions-won-t-be-asked?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29
(Good read.)

EWQ's Farm Subsidy database
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/node/353?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29

Farms, Land in Farms, Livestock Operations Summary 2012
Cornell University
http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/FarmLandIn/2010s/2013/FarmLandIn-02-19-2013.pdf

Grapefruit Seed Extract Information
http://grapefruitseedextract.org/
(Very interesting information.)

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
50,000 Juvenile Salmon Released in Flooded Rice Field
Recordnet.com
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130220/A_NEWS/130229995/-1/A_NEWS14

Environmental News
Darrell Steinberg to Unveil CEQA Reform Bill Tomorrow (2.22.13)
High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/darrell-steinberg-to-unveil-ceqa-reform-bill-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=darrell-steinberg-to-unveil-ceqa-reform-bill-tomorrow

Economic/Tourism News
Taxing Rich Ignores Underlying Problem
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22871&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_feds_want_your_retirement_accounts.html

Rand Paul Returns Surplus Operating Budget
DailyCaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/21/rand-paul-returns-surplus-operating-budget/

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
How Philosophy Explains High-Speed Rail
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/02/how-philosophy-explains-high-speed-rail/
(Excellent satire.)

High-Speed Rail Enthusiasts Dream of National System
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/20/high-speed-rail-enthusiasts-dream-of-national-system/

And instead of taking a day or more to get from L.A. to NYC, it takes only 5 hours and 23 minutes. And costs just $318, nonstop.
The high-speed rail enthusiasts, including Gov. Jerry Brown and President Obama, seem not to know that in 1903 Americans Orville and Wilbur Wright invented trains with wings. Nowadays, the flying trains hold hundreds of people and fly in excess of 500 mph.

Draft California Rail Plan Released
California High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/draft-california-rail-plan-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=draft-california-rail-plan-released

National Political News
Chuck Baldwin--Christian:  It Is to Vote With Your Feet
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin741.htm

Columbine Survivor Pens Bold Open Letter to Obama Rejecting Gun Control
TheBlaze.com
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/20/columbine-survivor-pens-bold-open-letter-to-obama-rejecting-gun-control-whose-side-are-you-on/

Disturbing Trend in Our Military: Viewing Citizens as Threats
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Disturbing_Trend_in_our_Military%3A_Viewing_citizens_as_threats/24359/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Conservatives Hit University Where it Hurts - The Pocketbook
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12727?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29
(Interesting!)

Let's Stop Acting Like There's a Debate About the 2nd Amendment
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9567/lets-stop-acting-like-theres-a-debate-about-the-2nd-amendment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Firearms Company Striking Back at Anti-Gun NY by Cancelling All Orders for NYPD
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9560/firearms-company-striking-back-at-anti-gun-ny-by-cancelling-all-orders-for-nypd/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Disarming America's Heroes
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/disarming-americas-heroes/

Comcast Cable Network Bans All Firearms Related Advertising
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9573/comcast-cable-network-bans-all-firearms-related-advertising/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Tracking Current Federal Gun Control Legislation
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9575/tracking-current-federal-gun-control-legislation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
(Damn...)

California Political News

Litigation News
High Treason Against the United States of America and Its People
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2013/02/high-treason-against-the-united-states-of-america-and-its-people/
(Incredibly disturbing, please take the time to read just how deep high treason has gone in America.)

Fix the Law to Fix America
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/fix_the_law_to_fix_america.html
(Good read.)

Tribal News

Calendar
Restore the Delta's
Train the Water Advocate Conference
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001VJlu5GGZPDThqqfb-RaJqWLUjsVHii8Vrv2r3vDP3ELlbbEAM_4dVIwzBTtgc2vUilKD2T-vTTVwoxYM3TqiSBhH7QEgG52IqYRLoma0Z5MhbWj3CUbZzA%3D%3D

Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program
Brown Bag Unifying Aquatic Science for Adaptive Management of SSJ Delta
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
12-1PM
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8649

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Two Classics, One Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHwwwJ83oWo
(Very cool!!!)

7 Types of Chicks Who Annoy Everyone Just By Their Very Existence
PJ Media.com
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/02/13/7-types-of-chicks-who-annoy-everyone-just-by-their-very-existence/?singlepage=true
(A good chuckle!!)

January 28, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
BDCP Benefit-Cost Analysis Is Going Off-Track
Dr. Jeff Michael
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/01/bdcp-benefit-cost-analysis-is-going-off.html
(Excellent post.)

'Over Troubled Waters' Made Official Selection at NorCal Film Festival
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001w_-M_3FUdLenNHDwagD9bV7Xy9s4os4TUFITpsWKy1JYe0iNLKxAehAh6FLWQCZani-ywVY60r0HcEEaW4zM3eWbOBe4uzcG41DrfcLgqrtTA8hsAQbA5g%3D%3D

Jerry Brown's Water Plan Faces Mixed Reviews
Sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/26/5142201/jerry-browns-water-plan-faces.html#disqus_thread
(I don't know what's scarier...the BDCP scam right now, or the people making comments on these articles.)

Groups: Tunnel Planned for Sacramento River is Too Large
TheReporter.com
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_22460912/groups-tunnel-planned-sacramento-san-joaquin-river-delta

Panel to Debate Solutions for Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta
TheReporter.com
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_22456191/panel-debate-solutions-sacramento-san-joaquin-river-delta

Water Agencies Opposing Delta Tunnels Endorsement
ABCLocal.com
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8969376

California Groups Want State to Study Smaller Tunnel
News10.net
http://www.news10.net/news/article/227011/2/California-groups-want-state-to-study-smaller-tunnel

More Shenanigans by MWD in SDCWA territory!
Battle Water Districts Feud Over PR Contract
NBC7SanDiego.com
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Battling-Water-Districts-Fight-Over-PR-Contract-188447861.html

CWIN Slams Brown's Cal to Build the Twin Tunnels
Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Battling-Water-Districts-Fight-Over-PR-Contract-188447861.html

PPIC Tackles Water Management in Latest State Issues Report
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-supply-challenges/ppic-tackles-water-management-latest-state-issues-report

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-28.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Boneta Bill in Virginia to Protect the Right to Farm
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52684#When:02:24:19Z

Voters Educate the Elected
Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd572.htm

Breaking Down the Feinstein AWB
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52710#When:14:38:29Z

Feinstein's Gun Ban Bill Exempts Government Officials
CalWatchDog.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52710#When:14:38:29Z

Feinstein Bill Puts Sights on Parents With Guns
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9200/feinstein-bill-puts-sights-on-parents-with-guns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Feinstein: Gun Control Faces Uphill Climb on Capitol Hill
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/27/feinsteint-gun-control-faces-uphill-climb-on-capitol-hill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Agriculture/Science News
Normative Science: When Scientists Become Stealth Policy Advocates
Waterwired.com
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2013/01/normative-science-when-scientists-become-stealth-policy-advocates.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News
CEQA Week in Review - Who Said What
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-week-in-review-whos-saying-what-this-week

Economic/Tourism News
FYI Governor Brown: Katrina and Sandy Killed Over a Thousand People and Destroyed Thousands of Homes
Dr. Jeff Michael
ValleyEconomist.com

How Economists Routinely Get it Wrong on High Speed Rail
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/how-economists-routinely-get-it-wrong-high-speed-rail
(Oh my...)

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
CA Bullet Train Crashes Through Federal, State Safeguards
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/28/ca-bullet-train-crashes-through-federal-state-safeguards/

Anticipating the Upcoming Great California High Speed Rail Disaster 2013
Redstate.com
http://www.redstate.com/2013/01/27/california-high-speed-rail/

LA Times Sees a Land Acquisition Crisis Where None Exist
California High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/la-times-sees-a-land-acquisition-crisis-where-none-exists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-times-sees-a-land-acquisition-crisis-where-none-exists

National Political News
The Future of America, Cosmic Warfare, Parallel Universes, and the Matrix
Paul McGuire
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/McGuire/paul158.htm

Nullification: An Overview of its Many Forms
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2013/01/nullification-an-overview-of-its-many-forms/

California Political News
Brown Official: You're Our Slave
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/26/brown-official-youre-our-slave/

Mamet: Govt. Should NOT Enslave Us
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/27/mamet-govt-should-not-enslave-us/

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar
Delta Conservancy
Promoting Travel and Recreation-Based Worshop
February 8, 2013
11:30-1:00PM
Delta Conservancy Open House
February 15, 2013
2-5PM
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!

December 3, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Feds Kill Drakes Bay Oyster Company Marin County, California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSvw1xQPps&feature=youtu.be
(Please watch this important YouTube, it is worth the time to listen.)

Gracelinks.org
Fiji Water and its Parent Company Leaves Locals High and Dry
http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1165/fiji-water-and-its-parent-company-leave-locals-high-and-dry
(YESSS!!!  Someone else just hits the nail on the head here.  And as I said before, two such events make a coincidence, three such events creates a pattern.)

LATimes.com
Kern County Farmers Take On Oil Industry
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kern-oil-20121204,0,5416495,full.story
(This has potential impacts on Delta farmland too.  We all know the rich natural gas and oil deposits in the Delta will eventually be tapped...after it has been depopulated first, of course.

The issue is CEQA exemptions and fast-tracking permitting processes in oil, high speed rail and peripheral what-evers, steamrolling over agriculture, private property, duly-elected local-government public processes and genuine environmental concerns in their paths regardless of geographic locations within California.)

Media Alert
Restore the Delta
Over Troubled Waters Selected Best Documentary Short in the Nevada Film Festival
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001ljJ4p7aX-nGEei8kjzkN_JJZKx9g_dgXQlvNtUku1l7WSxBNWR3qcApU1S6C5l4xwHJCv8F-FcBCV6v0diYUK0Azf4npayVUQ6MFmBwBff3t5W94InPnlA%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76751/

California Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/12/03/a-few-good-reads-12212-what-if-a-superstorm-strikes-napa-flood-protection-completed-and-northern-ca-avoids-serious-flooding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december-3.html

Water News
National Wildlife Federation
Water Pathway What Can Schools Do About Water
http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Water.aspx
(More youth green/brainwashing occurring in our government-run public education system.)


Agriculture News
AllGov.com
Is Fracking Contaminating U.S. Livestock?
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/is-fracking-contaminating-us-livestock-121203?news=846369

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
San Jose Mercury News
Squid Fishermen Wrap Up Another Banner Year
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_22111419

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Fish Lost and Found Among Talks at AquAlliance Conference
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_22113587/fish-lost-and-found-among-talks-at-aqualliance?source=rss

Wildlife News

Environmental News
NakedCapitalism.com
Sepp Holzer: Aquaculture Synergy of Land and Water
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/sepp-holzer-aquaculture-synergy-of-land-and-water.html
(Comments worth a scan, too.)

Delta Tributaries Mercury Council
DTMC Meeting Summary
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=skitmfcab&v=001ljJ4p7aX-nHkP7djs-f5rfeAIFh8fDEqzcDvyUAewsO-pOixNzz39EfsKsuky5ydn-cTjTqvHEmGmWHithX_tRHzF7i-MMIkOLdTirQ5mxYZutif4o4T9CvyiVrqjG37cAHUg8FQ6OfiDf6Gccch0jOMEEo_VOLrlkEqGktHnh0FE37-koUC-IHhYX4-3QmTAZT16vGgRVL2-0zfZT2hV9kwOOXGwLacUPmdyrfXrjKi9sjNdIboBCGJ0UkDtnxs3MuLLeSwnKMJdV2TPbHrMtpxR1p2zpEd63uQf547ou-fyejRRhc-CPmVxDLm0tyrGj5EtZoETLHqtwLAKnA98YF1C5_DI8km

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
ReviewJournal.com
Workers Begin Maintenance on Lake Mead Tunnel Digger
http://www.lvrj.com/news/workers-begin-maintenance-on-lake-mead-tunnel-digger-181802921.html
(This tunnel is 600 feet below the surface, but one would think the machinery would be about the same to desecrate, I mean demolish, oops...dig the tunnels in the Delta.)

Economic News

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
PJ Media
The PJ Tatler Feinstein "Well Over 100" Threat Warnings Against Benghazi Mission at Time of Attack
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/12/02/feinstein-well-over-200-threat-warnings-against-benghazi-mission-at-time-of-attack/
(All I have to say is this...there were four individuals that watched all of this play out in real time.  Issuing orders to 'stand down', repeatedly...and they were able to sleep that night.

I also remember the fast backpedaling DiFi had to do the last time she came out aggressively about security leaks at the Administration...she's reading from talking points herself.  Just saying.)

California Political News
San Jose Mercury News
California Democrats' Super-Majority Powers Will Be Short Lives
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_22111497/california-democrats-supermajority-powers-will-be-short-lived
(chuckling...Darrel Steinberg reminds me of Mel Brooks' governor character in Blazing Saddles. Always has, always will.)

Allgov.com
Controversies: Private Prison Company Muscles into Law Enforcement Creating Occupants for Its Prisons
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/private-prison-company-muscles-into-law-enforcement-creating-occupants-for-its-prisons-121203?news=846368
(Disturbing on a couple levels...Richard Blum, Mr. Feinstein, has direct ties to this corporation.)

BlacklistedNews.com
Private Prison Corporation Accused of Partnering With Violent Gangs to Run Jail
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Private_Prison_Corporation_Accused_Of_Partnering_With_Violent_Gangs_To_Run_Jail/22894/0/0/0/Y/M.html

BlackListedNews.com
Ninth Circuit Gives the A-OK for Warrantless Home Video Surveillance
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Ninth_Circuit_Gives_the_A-OK_For_Warrantless_Home_Video_Surveillance/22884/0/38/38/Y/M.html

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Regional Council of Rural Counties
Barbed Wire Newsletter
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/index.cfm/news/barbed-wire/barbed-wire-november-30-2012/#Spotted_Owl
(On the surface, this seems ok.  It is comprised of elected Supervisors from each member county, that's ok.  But then when clicking around the website one sees this is tied to Council of Goverments, Inc. (COG's' and other Agenda 21-related organizations.)  Herein lies a problem...having rural counties' different needs and perspectives adequately represented in proper political realms is correct.  It is the other inappropriate (Unconstitutional alliances, etc.) realms and associations that makes these things detrimental to local elected representative government...undermines and seeks to dismantle this very process.  Ultimately plays part and parcel to wealth redistribution.)

Here are the 2011-12 Policy Principles, Revised
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/assets/File/2011_12%20Policy_Principles_Revision_Revised.pdf
   
Follow-up Links to yesterday's bombardment of Agenda 21 links.
http://narc.org/narc-hosting-map-21-implementation-roundtables/

The link to the webcast tomorrow, December 4, 2012
1:30-3:00PM EST, 10:30AM-12:00PM PST
http://mediasite.yorkcast.com/webcast/Viewer/?peid=1031e0b9e5e941428bc91917b546fa891d

The Classic Liberal
Conservatives on Fire
The United Nations An Evil Institution. We Are Living in a World Gone Mad
http://conservativesonfire.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/the-united-nations-_-an-evil-institution-we-are-living-in-a-world-gone-mad/

The Classic Liberal
http://the-classic-liberal.com/thecl-report-its-good-to-be-king/
(Many links to other articles, the site is not what you're thinking by its name.)
    
Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
California Progress Report
Women Invent a Better World
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/women-invent-better-world
(I didn't know most of this...I say...right on, girl power!!!)

Canada Free Press
Following Orders: The Death of Vince Foster, Clinton White House Lawyer
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51475#When:11:25:44Z

November 30, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
PJ Tatler
Feinstein Slams Salazar for Using 'Bad Science' to Kill Historic Oyster Farm
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/30/feinstein-slams-salazar-for-using-false-science-to-kill-historic-oyster-farm/

Delta Stewardship Council
Release of Draft Delta Plan and other documents
http://deltastewardshipcouncil.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/A64C0524F6485631/7C0F276835B38C546D5E5F9A8728A5A6

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Delta Stewardship Council Releases Final Draft Plan
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/30/18726846.php

Restore the Delta
eNewsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001J8BvtJGIt7sIMkclSfLxgUx4h8FxBvz2iN-OHxmdM-8SSwKwiFEEhLBMMwBr2fJsQ65aP6KpQMer5FuwVykPHg7kJ_KlzcRsMDdel4xLqyFpg-OkbjbwQw%3D%3D

Restore the Delta
Press Release
Final Delta Plan Continues to be Inefficient
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001J8BvtJGIt7sIMkclSfLxgUx4h8FxBvz2iN-OHxmdM-8SSwKwiFEEhLBMMwBr2fJsQ65aP6KpQMer5FuwVykPHg7kJ_KlzcRsMDdel4xLqyFpg-OkbjbwQw%3D%3D

Dr. Jeff Michael
Valley Economy Blog
Initial Thoughts on the BDCP Economic Analysis Presentation
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/11/initial-thoughts-on-latest-bdcp.html

Sacramento Business Journal
Cost-Benefit Analysis of BDCP in the Works
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/11/30/cal-nat-resources-cost-bay-delta-plan.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Sacramento Business Journal
Port Commission Asks to Reallocate Funds for West Sacramento Bridge Project
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/11/30/port-comission-asks-funds-bridge.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Environmental Water Caucus Slams BDCP
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/29/18726782.php

Dr. David Zippin and Jennifer Pierre of ICF International gave a somewhat confusing presentation responding to the comments. At one point, Pierre stated in regard to a question on Delta outflows, "I don't know how to explain the numbers."

If you can't explain the numbers, then maybe the project shouldn't be built...)

Aquafornia.com
BDCP Press Release
State Water Contractors
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76635/
Aquafornia.com
Recordnet.net
Mokelumne On tap
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121130/A_NEWS/211300316

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Clarita Valley News
SCV Could Weather Disruption in State Water Supply
http://scvnews.com/2012/11/29/scv-could-weather-disruption-in-state-water-supply-officials-say/
(As it should be...well done, Santa Clarita!)

“The way we’ve insulated ourselves is a combination of a diverse water-supply portfolio and water-banking programs that firm up the reliability and availability of our state water supply,” Masnada said.

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Weather Updates
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76597/

UTSanDiego.com
Water Authority Approves Desalination Contract
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/29/water-authority-votes-approve-desalination-contrac/

Fox and Hounds
Beware - A Water Supply Disaster
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/11/beware-a-water-supply-disaster/
(This is more like it...finally, someone addressing the fact that So Cal's concrete ditch is their biggest threat or liability to their 'water supply reliability'...not the levees in the Delta.

Not to mention this concrete ditch has subsided in some areas up to four feet.  That's a 4 foot sink hole or drop off in that ditch.  I'd be more concerned about that coupled with the fact it runs parallel to the San Andreas fault, but hey, what do I know???)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_30.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Forced to Leave Point Reyes National Seashore
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_22090748/drakes-bay-oyster-co-forced-leave-point-reyes?source=rss

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
CalwatchDog.com
The Govt. Wants Your 401(k) Plan
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/30/the-govt-wants-your-401k-plan/

Investors Business Daily: “Retirement is an American’s reasonable expectation. We put money into investment plans so that our work today funds our hard-earned leisure of tomorrow. But many in Washington see our investment accounts not as the expressions of well-planned, disciplined decisions but as untapped reservoirs of wealth they can drain to fix the problems that they caused.”

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
Economic Policy Journal
An Elitist Gets Grilled and Doesn't Like It
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/11/an-elitist-gets-grilled-and-doesnt-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29
(Actually worth watching...Gergen spins like a top!)

Conservativebyte.com
Gitmo Detainees in Your Backyard
http://conservativebyte.com/2012/11/gitmo-detainees-in-your-backyard/

Link to the report on Sen. Feinstein's website
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=617e2735-349d-447c-8fc6-78d2a3a00bc5

DiscoverTheNetworks.com
President's Radical Court Choice
David Hamilton
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2395&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+Discover+the+Networks%29

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Lawmakers Seek Probe of CA Refineries
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/30/lawmakers-seek-probe-of-ca-refineries/
(She's a busy little bee, isn't she?  You can bet a bottom dollar any new refineries built in California will have Coker pumps in them.  Coker is the pump that refines denser more toxic crude, guess who owns stock in Coker??? )

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

November 22-25, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
The Reporter
Opinion: Supervisor Michael Reagan
Proposed Delta Plans Show Little Concern for Those Living There
http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_22062626/opinion-proposed-delta-plans-show-little-concern-those
(Excellent article.)

Recordnet.net
A Long Way to Go...40 Years After Clean Water Act SJ Still Polluted...
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121125%2FA_NEWS%2F211250316%2F-1%2Frss02&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordnetNewsHeadlines+%28Recordnet+News+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Water News
Sacbee.com
Fire Burns in Plant Linked to Oroville Dam
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/23/5005403/fire-burns-in-plant-linked-to.html

AccuWeather.com
A Stormy Pattern Setting Up
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/clark/a-stormy-pattern-setting-up/1904298

Water News

Agriculture News
Fox News
The Drive for Grass-Fed Beef
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/11/23/drive-for-grass-fed-beef/

CapitalPress.com
Interior Secretary to Decide California Oyster Farm's Fate
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-Oyster-farm-dispute-112112

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
Press Democrat
Record Number of Salmon Return to Russian River
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20121122/ARTICLES/121129876/1033/news?Title=Record-salmon-run-in-Russian-River&tc=ar

SFGate.com
Salmon Still Not Receiving Promised Water
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Salmon-still-not-receiving-promised-water-4058134.php

Wildlife News

Environmental News
LATimes
Australian Scientists Find Excess Greenhouse Gas Near Fracking
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-australia-fracking-leakage-20121116,0,7039884.story

Ventura County Star
Siegel: Fracking Harms Environment Planet's Climate
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/nov/24/siegel-fracking-harms-environment-planets/

Habitat News
Willits News
Feds to Double Habitat for Spotted Owl ...
http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_22048972/feds-double-habitat-spotted-owl-california-oregon-washington

Infrastructure News

Economic News
GodfatherPolitics.com
Which Politician Do You Want Your Christmas Shopping to Support?
http://godfatherpolitics.com/8203/which-politician-do-you-want-your-christmas-shopping-to-support/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Giving Up Liberties For Safety
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/25/giving-up-liberties-for-safety/

California Political News
SFGate.com
Cap-and-Trade Market Seems Fraud-Proof
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Cap-and-trade-market-seems-fraud-proof-4060315.php
(Yeah...and I was born last night and dropped off the turnip truck this morning.)

Sacbee.com
First Cap-and-Trade Auction a Bust for California Budget
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/22/5004811/first-cap-and-trade-auction-a.html

San Jose Mercury News
Money from California Carbon Auction Less than Expected
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_22048734/money-from-california-carbon-auction-less-than-expected
(Seems to me one would logically think, if you drive manufacturing and related industries, or perpetrators of GHGs out of the state, then there aren't any players left to play 'the game'...duh.)

High Speed Rail News
Fox News
Party Train From California to Las Vegas Could Hit Tracks in 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/23/party-train-from-california-to-las-vegas-could-hit-tracks-in-2013/

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
News With Views
Debra Rae-- New Social Contract: Old Strategy, Part 1
http://www.newswithviews.com/Rae/debra223.htm

California Economic Summit
Video: Newsom California Economy Made of 'Two Worlds'
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/video-newsom-california-economy-made-of-two-worlds
(FYI, California Economic Summit is Agenda 21-based.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
National Academies Press
Must Reads From NAP
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/11/24/must-reads-from-joseph-henry-press/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29#.ULJqcmewVfI

News With Views
Greg Evensen I'm Tired and I Want to Go Home
http://www.newswithviews.com/Evensen/greg177.htm
(Worthwhile read.)

November 16, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
California Water Blog
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Unexpected Small Effects of Export Changes On Delta Farms
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/11/14/the-dog-that-didnt-bark-delta-farms-wont-be-destroyed-by-salt/ 
(I don't trust this one either...)

ACWA.com
Public Benefits of Water Projects Under Bond Act
http://www.acwa.com/news/infrastructure/water-commission-discusses-public-benefits-water-projects-eligible-funding-under

Businessweek.com
California's Katrina
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-15/californias-katrina
(Again, the fear-mongering, barely true statements...)

CBS Sacramento
West Sacramento Can't Meet Deepening Deadline Funds Going to Bridge Instead
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/11/15/west-sacramento-cant-meet-delta-deepening-deadline-uses-funds-to-build-bridge-instead/#respond
(Seems to me if W. Sac was participating in some of the Near Term Delta coalition project meetings, they might have gained more leverage in the project as this contributes to 'Delta as Place', 'Sustained Economic Viability', etc. But hey, the bridge is good, too!)

Sacbee.com
Sacramento City Council OKs Plans to Open Levee Trail
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/15/4987422/sacramento-city-council-oks-plan.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews_111512.pdf

California Water News
Modesto Bee
San Francisco Hits Up Oakdale District for Sale of Water
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-water-transfer-is-subsidizing-the-iid-water-department-and-stabilizing-water-rate-20121114,0,624437.story

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_15.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_16.html

Water News

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Existing Farm-to-School Efforts Propel Grants in West
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-farm-to-school-w-infobox-111512

Agricultural Secrecy: Going Dark Down on the Farm: How Legalized Secrecy Gives Agribusiness a Federally Funded Free Ride by Regina Steinzor...
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2146240

FoxNews.com
Ranchers, Farmers Brace for 'Death Tax'
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/ranchers-farmers-brace-for-death-tax-impact/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(I won't even get started...)

CapitalPress.com
Groups Urge Congress to Maintain Estate Tex Relief
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-estate-tax-w-infobox-111512

Levee News
Appeal Democrat
Property Lines Along West Linda Will Be Moved
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/property-121101-state-levee.html

Read more: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/property-121101-state-levee.html#ixzz2CRMeqwE4

After two surveyors said the state's work was sound, Philip Miller, Carol's brother, said he wasn't surprised.
"I knew it was going to happen," he said. "You're a public agency, you rely on your staff."
But though several board members took pains to say they strongly felt property owners should have a say, Lagrand said she felt otherwise.
"They don't listen," she said. "We're being bullied into a deal we don't want to accept.
"I'd advise anyone who has property that backs up to a levee to watch your back."


Read more: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/property-121101-state-levee.html#ixzz2CRMIe2VUFisheries NewsRed Bluff Daily News

California Salmon Fall Short
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_22001946/california-salmon-fall-short

Environmental News
San Jose Mercury News
Amy Meyer: Point Reyes' Natural Treasure Is At Risk
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21998460/amy-meyer-point-reyes-natural-treasure-is-at
 
Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
AllGov.com
Controversies In a Regulatory First, JP Morgan Suspended from Trading in Energy Market in California
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/in-a-regulatory-first-jpmorgan-suspended-from-trading-in-energy-market-121116?news=846219

Calitics.com
Millions in Prop 30 Tax Revenues Will Be Diverted From Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to Regents
http://www.calitics.com/diary/14696/millions-in-prop-30-tax-revenues-will-be-diverted-from-higher-ed-to-wall-street-thanks-to-regents
(Remember, Mr. Mrs. Feinstein is a Regent AND a couple of his investment firms handles same-said investments. Meaning, he gets his $$millions, win, lose or draw and lately it's been mostly lose on the investment portfolios.)

Tourism News

California Political News
The Daily Caller
Golden State Turns to Lead, Now Leads Poverty Rankings
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/16/golden-state-turns-to-lead-now-leads-poverty-rankings/
(Oh yeah, only in the great Socialist state of California...ain't it good to be Number 1???)

Dan Bacher
DailyKos.com
Walton Family Foundation Dumped $71.4M into Green-washing in 2011
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/12/1160859/--Walton-Family-Foundation-Dumped-71-4-Million-Into-Greenwashing-in-2011
(Connected to Stewart Resnick)

Political News
BlackListedNews.com
32 Questions that All Americans Must Answer
http://www.blacklistednews.com/32_Questions_That_All_Americans_Must_Answer_/22621/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(Good list, too.)

Canada Free Press
The Alligator At Our Door
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51091#When:21:14:47Z

What’s our best chance? I asked.
“Well, there is fear in DC, real fear, of not secession itself, but the spirit of the people behind the secession movement. If the people figure it out in time, unite and say no more for you until you get your act together, well, like I said, it is this that they fear the most.”

Canada Free Press
Original Argument: Maybe We Should Stop Arguing and Just Fix the Problem
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51107#When:22:18:33Z

NewsWithViews.com
Sexy CIA Stories, Generals, Chicks and Classified Documents
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie349.htm


Unfiltered News
Wife Mows Down Husband With Car For Allowing Obama to Win
http://natmonitor.com/2012/11/14/wife-mows-down-husband-with-car-for-allowing-obama-to-win-video/
(The stuff at the end of the article I abhor; but this here had me laughing out loud...I can just see it now!!  Probably should have kept that dirty look to himself!!)

Holly Solomon, a pregnant Arizona woman, ran over her husband for not voting in the 2012 presidential election, according to CBS affiliate KPHO. Ms. Solomon’s husband reportedly stepped out of the car during an argument and gave his wife a dirty look, at which point the woman became enraged and chased her husband around a parking lot in their Jeep SUV.

ImpeachObama.com
Are Secession Petitions a Liberal Plan To Usher in Martial Law?
https://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&tab=jq#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.allgov.com%2FRSS%2FNews
(Don't put nothing past any of them...just saying.)

Science News
Science Codex
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
http://www.sciencecodex.com/vitamin_d_deficiency_linked_to_type_1_diabetes-102238

CSMonitor.com
How Reliable Are Drought Predictions? Study Finds Flaw in Popular Tool
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/1115/How-reliable-are-drought-predictions-Study-finds-flaw-in-popular-tool?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fenvironment+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+Environment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development/California 
CalWatchDog.com
Cal Chamber Sues State for Profiting from SB 32
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/16/cal-chamber-sues-state-for-profiting-from-ab-32/

Public Comment Opportunities
ACWA.com
Delta Plan Final Draft
November 30, 2012
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/delta-stewardship-council-announces-upcoming-release-final-draft-delta-plan

Litigation News
CapitalPress.com
Final Arguments Heard in California Water War Case
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-California-water-wars-111512

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Quadski...I WANT ONE!!!  It's perfect for Delta farming!!
http://www.agriculture.com/family/15-unique-gifts-f-farm-families_327-sl27482

Aaah...This is the Life!!