February 20, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Maven's Minutes: California Water Policy Seminar Series Continues with Tim Quinn: In Pursuit of 'Coequal' Goals: An ACWA Statewide Perspective
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-continues-with-tim-quinn-in-pursuit-of-coequal-goals-an-acwa-statewide-perspective/

Maven's Notebook: Natural Hydrographs in Regulated Rivers: Conference Video Now Available Plus Comments Sought on DISB's Review of BDCP governance, and More!
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/science-notes-natural-hydrographs-in-regulated-rivers-conference-video-now-available-plus-public-comments-sought-on-disbs-review-of-bdcp-governance-and-more/

A Rare Alignment
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/19/a-rare-alignment/?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

Anything But Water 
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/02/anything-but-water_20.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Restore the Delta
Press Release:  RTD Responds to Contractors Comparison of Proposed Tunnels
http://www.restorethedelta.org/news-alerts-archive/

Delta Stewardship Council
Council Names Deputy Executive Officers
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/13-0220_Council_Names_Deputy_Executive_Officers_v2.pdf

ACWA Submits Comment Letter on Aquatic Weed Control
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/acwa-submits-comment-letter-aquatic-weed-control-permit

California Farm bureau Federation: water Supplies Shrink as Officials Act to Protect Fish
SierraSuntimes.com
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/mariposa-daily-news-2013/143-february/7665-california-farm-bureau-federation-water-supplies-shrink-as-officials-act-to-protect-fish

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_20.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
U.S., Other Nations Quietly Maneuvering to Rein In Sprawling U.N. System
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/20/us-other-nations-quietly-maneuvering-to-rein-in-sprawling-inefficient-un-system/

The U.N. organizations themselves — including such high-profile entities as the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and more than 30 others —are not invited to the meetings.

(Right on!  Now they know what it feels like to be a Delta representative.)

Articles: America Education: Rotting the Country From the Inside
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/american_education_rotting_the_country_from_the_inside.html

Who Needs the Family?
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53237#When:12:52:35Z

Opinion: We Could Learn a Lot from the Chinese
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12723?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29

Actually, a child begins learning at home, as soon as he is born. If a parent is unwilling to teach his child colors, numbers, the alphabet, and self-control, he should not be a parent.

(And the choir said 'Amen'!!)

Agriculture/Science News
Summit Pushes for Healthy, Accessable Local Food
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/summit-pushes-for-healthy-accessible.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

U.N. Examines Link Between Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Health Problems
ScienceBlog.com
http://scienceblog.com/60398/un-examines-link-between-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-health-problems/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse-Gas Quantification
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.com
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/opinion/52440

Scientists Discover Secret of Why Women Talk More Than Men
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12717?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29

Why Straight Women Have Gay Men as BFFs: Trustworthy Mating Advice, Says Psychologist
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/trustworthy_mating_advice_deepens_bond_between_straight_women_and_gay_men-107232
(Hey, every straight woman needs at least one good gay man's opinion...it's brutal out there :)!!)

Levee/Infrastructure News
Take the Public-Private Road to Efficiency
Cato.org
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/take-public-private-road-efficiency?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Press Release: Federal Study Finds 93% of Salmon Smolts on Tuolumne River are Consumed by Striped Bass and Other Non-Native Predators
http://calsmartwater.org/press-release-federal-study-finds-93-percent-of-salmon-smolts-on-tuolumne-river-are-consumed-by-striped-bass-and-other-non-native-predators/

Environmental News
EVIDENCE That a Bird Society Traded Its Approval of a Wind Farm Project for Money
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53254#When:17:44:47Z
(Take a closer look at the Tejon Ranch proposed development...Corporate Sierra Club, NRDC, etc. traded away their environmental concerns with the developers...this is traced back to Resnick, Feinstein, Reilly to name a few.  Mostly it's about the 'established patterns of behavior' that indicate gaming our public processes.)

Fracking in California: Big Reserves, Big Reservations
PressDemocrat.com
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130217/MCT/130219678/0/search

Economic/Tourism News
China Loves the U.S. Dollar Again as America Roars Back
Telegraph.uk.com
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/9881410/China-loves-the-US-dollar-again-as-America-roars-back.html
(Something's not right.)

Le Riverage to Transform into Westin Sacramento
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/le-rivage-to-transform-into-westin.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
Boehner to Obama: You Created the Spending Cut Crisis, You Fix It
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/boehner-to-obama-created-spending-cut-crisis-fix-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Finally, do I see a pair emerging???)

Missouri House Bill Would Make Proposing Gun Control Illegal
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/missouri-house-bill-would-make-proposing-gun-control-illegal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Some things ARE a matter of principle.)

Mexico Asks U.S. for List of Gun Owners
CBS 5 via BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Mexico_Asks_US_for_List_of_Gun_Owners_/24329/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(Hmmm...I suppose some numbskull will actually do it, too.)

Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
reason.com
http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/19/is-your-local-police-department-using-pi
(A bit disturbing.)

School Choice Has Roots with Calvin Coolidge
HeritageBlog.org
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/20/school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge

Articles: The Gun Control Movement's Dangerous Incompetence
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_gun_control_movements_dangerous_incompetence.html

Why Walter Block and Stephan Kinsella Sound Like Central Planners When They Talk About Debtors' Prison
EconomicPolicyJournal.com
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/why-walter-block-and-stephan-kinsella.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Yes, You ARE a Criminal...You Just Don't Know It Yet
Lewrockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/nestmann/nestmann55.1.html

Where have All the Watchdogs Gone
GodfatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9543/where-have-all-the-watchdogs-gone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

California Political News
How Can Computer Science Not be State Graduation Requirement?
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/20/how-can-computer-science-not-be-state-graduation-requirement/

We Predicted There Was No Tax 'Windfall'
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/we-predicted-there-was-no-tax-windfall/

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar
Peripheral Delta Canal Subject of Speech
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_22621761/peripheral-delta-canal-subject-speech
(Senator Wolk.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Woo Hoo ANYTIME there's more FIREWORKS, I'm in!!!
River Cats Plans on Deck Include More Fireworks, Retro Prices
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/kelly-johnson/2013/02/river-cats-plans-on-deck-fireworks-parki.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images
Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/camera-trap-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

February 19, 2013 Delta Related Links

Maven's Notebook
Delta Independent Science Board's Review of BDCP's Propossed Governance Structure Lists Several Concerns
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/14/draft-report-of-the-delta-independent-science-boards-review-of-the-bdcps-proposed-governance-structure-lists-several-concerns/
(Read the draft letter, the DISB is taking comments until 2/21.  It is important to stand behind the Board in it's quest for tangible scientific independence within the Delta Plan and potential BDCP.)

Take of Delta Smelt Reaches Limits, Triggering Cutbacks in Delta Water Exports
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/13/take-of-delta-smelt-reaches-limit-triggering-cutbacks-in-delta-water-exports/

Science Notes: Delta Restoration Projects, Natural Hydrographs in Regulated Rivers and More
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/13/science-notes/

California Water Policy Seminar with Phil Isenberg
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/12/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-with-phil-isenberg-if-we-cant-see-the-end-of-the-tunnel-are-we-still-on-the-road-to-somewhere/

February 11, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/11/blog-roundup-more-debate-on-tunnel-size-and-on-the-role-of-science-plus-random-comparisons-salmon-hunger-games-desal-and-broken-windows-and-more/

California Water Policy Seminar Series Jay Lund
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/05/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-jay-lund-insurmountable-opportunities/
 
February 4, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/04/monday-blog-roundup-bloggers-discuss-the-bdcp-the-delta-plan-regulated-rivers-groundwater-and-more/

Weekend Reading: Delta Smelt Court Documents
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/01/weekend-reading-delta-smelt-court-documents/
 
Maven's Minutes: Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson Talks to DSC About Expanding Term 91
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/31/mavens-minutes-delta-watermaster-craig-wilson-talks-to-the-delta-stewardship-council-about-expanding-term-91/

Maven's Minutes:  No Love for the Delta Plan's Proposed Regulations at the Public Hearings
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/29/mavens-minutes-no-love-for-the-delta-plans-proposed-regulations-at-the-public-hearing/
 
January 28, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/28/blog-roundup-normative-science-megaprojects-state-of-the-state-reactions-smaller-tunnels-and-permeable-levees/
 
Maven's Minutes: Delta Smelt Index Dropping, Delta Science Plan States to Take Shape
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/28/blog-roundup-normative-science-megaprojects-state-of-the-state-reactions-smaller-tunnels-and-permeable-levees/

Aquafornia.com
Science News Delta Stewardship Council
http://archive.deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta_science_program/publications/sci_news_0213_changes.html

Paiute Indians Help Map L.A. Acquaduct
The California Report
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201302151630/e

Marin Independent Journal
Boxer and Feinstein Seek Money for repairs to Bay and Marin Wetlands
http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_22601823/boxer-and-feinsten-seek-money-repairs-bay-and

Sacramento, West Sacramento Get Serious About Two Bridges
Sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/18/5197544/sacrament-west-sac-get-serious.html

State Water Contractors - Single Tunnel Proposal for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Flawed
http://www.swc.org/in-the-news/press-releases

Forum on Delta Braces Residents for Battle Against State Water Tunnel
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_22587826/forum-delta-braces-residents-battle-against-state-water?source=rss

Congressman McNerney Calls for Analysis of Alternatives to Flawed BDCP
http://mcnerney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=843:congressman-mcnerney-calls-for-analysis-of-alternatives-to-flawed-bdcp&catid=8:latest-news

Delta Plan Looks at Bigger Picture
Chicoer.com
http://www.chicoer.com/opinion/ci_22546609/letter-delta-plan-looks-at-big-picture

Delta Proposed Again for National Heritage Area Designation
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/delta-proposed-again-national-heritage-area-designation

Bureau of Reclamation
Newsletter
http://www.usbr.gov/

Farmer Cortopassi Gets His Day in Court
Recordnet.com
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130131/A_NEWS/301310319/-1/A_NEWS02

GRAY: State Board Proposes to Take More From Valley Than Water
http://www.modbee.com/2013/01/30/2556127/state-board-proposes-to-take-more.html
(Excellent points here.)

February 19, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
 The Game Gets Tougher
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/13/the-game-gets-tougher/?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

Study the Alternatives, Reps Say
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/13/study-the-alternatives-reps-say/?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

But Don't Rule Out Malice
American Thinker

I submit that the more likely hypothesis, which is supported by both Heinlein's and Occam's razor, is that these politicians are not at all stupid or unlucky, but they are doing exactly what they want to do and they are getting exactly the result that they hope to achieve. You might think, "I can't believe that my politicians are purposefully destroying/harming (fill in the blank). Well, you are probably right. You can't believe it, but that does not mean it is not true. Much that is true is not believed at first. (emphasis mine)

The Poor Smelt Don't Know Which Way to Flow
Delta National Park
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/the_poor_smelt_dont_know_which_way_to_flow/

On the Unpopularity of Peripheral Thingies in Northern California
Inkstain Blog
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2013/02/on-the-unpopularity-of-peripheral-thingies-in-northern-california/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Business-Labor Coalition, Water Agencies Respond to Conceptual Alternative to BDCP
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/business-labor-coalition-water-agencies-respond-conceptual-alternative-bdcp

Water Watchdog Patrick Porgans Publishes Book Exposing Corruption in California Water World
Lloyd G. Carter
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/130211597_water-watchdog-patrick-porgans-publishes-book-exposing-corruption-california-water

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_19.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The AWRA-UNESCO-World Bank-USACE_GWP IWR Conspiracy: Using IRWM to Control the USA's Water!
WaterWired.com
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2013/02/awra-and-the-un-using-iwrm-to-take-control-the-usas-water.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29
(A condescending article to those of us who have done our due diligence in researching the root cause(s) of the various messes we find ourselves in...after all "I am a stakeholder"...rubbish.  Note:  Much that is true is not believed at first. (emphasis mine)) 

Monsanto, Sustainable Development and Agenda 21
Farm Wars
http://farmwars.info/?p=10111&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29

Who the Power Elite Are and Why They Will Lose Power
Economic Policy Journal
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/who-power-elite-are-and-why-they-will.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Agriculture/Science News
Sports, Shared Activities Are 'Game Changers' for Dad/Daughter Relationships, Baylor Study Finds
Science Codex
http://www.sciencecodex.com/sports_shared_activities_are_game_changers_for_daddaughter_relationships_baylor_study_finds-107135

Levee/Infrastructure News
A Few Good Reads:  Natomas Levee Upgrade Still Held Up
Hydraulically Inclined
http://ayresriverblog.com/2013/02/18/a-few-good-reads-21813-mozambique-relocating-flood-victims-the-natomas-levee-upgrade-still-held-up/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Get the Feds Our of Infrastructure
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/get-feds-out-infrastructure?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Most East Coast Media Misjudge CA Bullet Train
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/wunderkind-sees-ca-bullet-train-as-obama-high-point-oy-vey/

National Political News
Facebook Blocks Jon Rappoport's Articles 
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/rappoport/rappoport21.1.html

Obama's SOTU: A Campaign Speech That Erodes the Power of the Citizenry
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/obamas-sotu-campaign-speech-erodes-power-citizenry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

DHS Use Police Depts. to Gather Intel on Citizens and Label Them Extremists Threats
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/DHS_Use_Police_Depts_to_Gather_Intel_on_Citizens_%26amp%3B_Label_Them_Extremist_Threats/24313/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Intelligence on citizens who are supposed to be extremists is gathered from multiple avenues such as:
• Local government
• Local law enforcement
• Parent/Teacher Associations
• School district officials
• Influential members of local communities
• Religious leaders
These collaborations provide “critical information” and real-time “assessments of [any] threat” to local communities and incorporate this information into training programs and federal initiatives.

(WOW...)

California Political News
Environmentalists Decry "Poor" Notification of First Fracking Hearing in L.A.
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/environmentalists-decry-poor-notification-first-fracking-hearing-la
(Sounds familiar don't it?!)

Governor Antoinette-Brown: Let the Unemployed Eat Cake
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/gov-brown-let-the-unemployed-eat-cake/

PPIC Report
Californian's and Their Government
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1044
(Just the title nauseates me...)

Litigation News

Tribal News
California Indian Water Commission
Delta Pumping Restrictions: It's About Salmon
Dan Bacher
http://www.itwatercommission.org/2013/02/delta-pumping-restrictions-salmon-dan-bacher-indybay-org/

Calendar

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
George Washington: The Humble Statesman
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/george-washington-the-humble-statesman/
(My personal comparison to and opinion of our very own Supervisor Don Nottoli.  We are so blessed to have Mr. Nottoli represent the Delta...a true Statesman and genuine Gentleman.)

Calvin Coolidge on Big Government
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/19/calvin-coolidge-bigger-government-isnt-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calvin-coolidge-bigger-government-isnt-better

February 7, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
The Fix is In - a Continuing Story
Public Water News Service
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001yqHNAgdI3XiWkSNhKucQGgLvyHXp4EVYnUEoSo520jgk_jqeMftXPtgtlSlBUxA7655Uyp9_txCXyceirVQd2ZAqclOFt2ePcqnHYvqWqPqkPAsdB2baaw%3D%3D

Final Version of Chair Isenberg Speech on California Water Issues
UC Davis California Water Policy Seminar Series January 28, 2013
Delta Stewardship Council
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/01%2028%202013%20%20%20Final%20version%20of%20Isenberg%20speech%20to%20UCD%20California%20Water%20Policy%20Seminar.pdf

Republish of Dr. Jeff Michael's "BDCP Benefit-Cost Analysis Is Going Off-Track"
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001rq5EDIUvnj4PGBZNbtXl9r4SmWkvhC2ojr0kNU9pCqgKRz_nzV-dKBWOd0o7Q4XOz4BmVmSoGMM2CXHjLN5IJ2gdO3EcHB3lGgDYN25nttauxWsgKX8elw%3D%3D

Officials Aim to Clear Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta of Weeds
TheReporter.com
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_22471379/officials-aim-clear-sacramento-san-joaquin-river-delta

Water Education Foundation Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n4t4lee6&v=001yqHNAgdI3Xin6xOgqQxsWJPtLBM0RumpzwsUHLvcDHFkgFIlvjok2G1824AP-i2fHqL1HOchWXLPQEmsEKpVNMlgKiWgY2Rf5kX7UGi_gBIBQUQ96D6PnGecAFhhYc_YFZ_LsipAbMjx84beA8SKCRNehXae86ix2bmsCFWd2128cPNU8kehdwNqssC8acQ8tVx2PoB_oZuNRgJ7mPQcWMFmfjCC5qAr65F2SyJjeOEUoWgqlF2b-pfVOF9XVX2g8d4eidtb4v6f75MViDsZIpVxMrt0zxpO5E8WKCyOBhBX8OKE1S-50Q%3D%3D

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Newsflash to Psychiatry: A Human Being Is Not a Thing
Jon Rappaport No More Fake News
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=4tixiugab&v=001yqHNAgdI3XiWkSNhKucQGmw6_f-G0cOeG-MirjKNUVvf3uT0b55d4C_S1RntPMy_cYjVbonCNYGRKktrYUTk6AEATz6ZTsO72xZf0x0TdAdqQX6qAAb3dw%3D%3D

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News
Stunning: California Imposes 5-Year Retroactive Tax Bill on Start-up Investors
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/stunning-california-imposes-5-year-retroactive-tax-bill-on-startup-investors/

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
Issa, Cummings Press Holder for Answers About Aaron Swartz Trial
TheDailyCaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/31/issa-cummings-press-holder-for-answers-about-aaron-swartz-trial/

Something I guarantee you won't see on the evening news:
Russians Refuse to Shake Obama's Hand
YouTube..com (14 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmLcub4olo&feature=player_embedded

Obama Scared Before National Anthem
YouTube.com (14 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgCpBalOkt0&feature=player_embedded

A Blow to Obama's Imperial Presidency
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52798#When:14:48:38Z

Obama/Feinstein Obfuscate and Vilification
PatriotPost.com
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/16525

Gun Control Supporters Urge Obama to Bypass Congress on New Measures
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/29/gun-control-supporters-urge-obama-to-bypass-congress-on-new-measures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

California Political News
CEQA Reform Battle Lines Getting Drawn
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/ceqa-reform-battle-lines-getting-drawn

Litigation News
Daily Kos: Lawsuit Filed Against Fracking as Oil Lobby Says Its 'Safe'
Dan Bacher
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/31/1183605/-Lawsuit-filed-against-fracking-as-oil-lobbyist-says-it-s-safe

Tribal News

Calendar

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Because It's Cool!
Recording: JFK Seriously Peeved
EconomicPolicyournal.com
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/01/recording-jfk-seriously-peeved.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29
(Right on!!)

January 29, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Someone must force the point and say the unsayable ~  Margaret Thatcher

Delta/California/Water News
Delta Farmers OpposeGovernor's Twin Tunnel Proposal
Capradio.org
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2013/01/25/delta-farmers-oppose-governor%27s-twin-tunnel-proposal
(Featuring Dante Nomellini)

Talking Tunnels
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/29/talking-tunnels-2/?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

In case You Missed it: Sac Bee's Jerry Brown's Water Plan faces Mixed Reviews
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001rq5EDIUvnj4PGBZNbtXl9kH-_qb5_-FciU0-MoS1q-2u25g1Innpa7TgouflQvsavfzllPiQuVM09zfiBv0YUlKCgKOivJUZh6zRIhn2oIHHuAwKQu-uPw%3D%3D

Water Agencies Call for Alternative to the $14B Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta Tunnels
Bakersfieldnow.com
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Water-agencies-call-for-alternative-to-the-14B-Sacramento-San-Joaquin-River-Delta-tunnels-188750241.html

Water Rates Referendum Launched Public Scrutiny
Davis Enterprise
http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/water-rates-referendum-launched-public-scrutiny/

Turning Waste Into Gold
Petaluma360.com
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130128/COMMUNITY/130129580/1036/business?Title=Turning-waste-into-gold

Salinas Valley Water Right Could Be Revoked
TheCalifornian.com
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20130129/NEWS01/301280037/Salinas-Valley-water-right-could-revoked?nclick_check=1

Who Needs CEQA When You've Got Local Ballot Measures?
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/who-needs-ceqa-when-youve-got-local-ballot-measures/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-29.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Killing of the Smart Meter Bill
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52752#When:19:45:30Z
(Describes our public process hearings regarding in-Delta interests, doesn't it???)

The Age of Neo-Feudalism: A Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Corporations
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead69.1.html

Lessons From The Iron Lady
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52739#When:13:52:37Z

Al Sharpton: People Do Not Have The Right to Unregulated Rights in This Country
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9202/al-sharpton-people-do-not-have-the-right-to-unregulated-rights-in-this-country/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
(This is just scary.)

Agriculture/Science News
Study Discovers that Central valley Irrigation Helps Southwest Rainfall
WineIndustryInsight.com
http://www.wineindustryinsight.com/ex_nf.php?url=http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=22739

Eating Bright-Colored Fruits and Vegetables May Prevent or Delay ALS
ScienceBlog.com
http://scienceblog.com/59402/eating-bright-colored-fruits-and-vegetables-may-prevent-or-delay-als/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Levee/Infrastructure News
Dam Problem
Sacramento News & Reivew
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/dam-problem/content?oid=8878568

BART Testing Earthquake Early Warning System
KQED
http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/09/28/108594/bart_testing_earthquake_early_warning_system?category=bay+area

Quake Experts Call For an Advance-Warning System for California
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-earthquake-warning-20130129,0,5545398.story

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
San Jose Poised to Approve Sweeping Environmental Plan
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_22469167/san-jose-poised-approve-sweeping-environmental-plan

Environmental News
Study: City Heat Drives Warm Weather North
UTSanDiego.com
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/28/climate-change-urban-heat-scripps/

Leader of the Frack
Sacramento News & Review
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/leader-of-the-frack/content?oid=8878935

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Some Important History on California High Speed Rail
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/some-important-history-on-california-high-speed-rail/

Chowchilla and CHSRA Settle Lawsuit
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/chowchilla-and-chsra-settle-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chowchilla-and-chsra-settle-lawsuit

National Political News
Controversies: Another Overreach Rebuke of Federal Attorney Carmen Ortiz The Motel Seizure Case
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/another-overreach-rebuke-of-federal-attorney-carmen-ortiz-the-motel-seizure-case-130129?news=846897
Mr. Caswell sums up the overall game plan of government agencies:

“It’s bullying by the government. And it’s a huge waste of taxpayer money,” Caswell told the Boston Herald. “This has been a huge financial and physical toll. It’s thrown our whole family into turmoil. You work for all your life to pay for something and these people come along and think it’s theirs. It’s just wrong. The average person can’t afford to fight this.”

Aguanomics:  Aaron Swartz, RIP
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/01/aaron-swartz-rip.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29
(Mr. Swartz was prosecuted by Ms. Ortiz above.)

Aguanomics: Improving Utility Performance #pdftribute
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/01/improving-utility-performance-pdftribute.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Ortiz Abuses Authority Again, Slapped Down by Judge
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/01/29/ortiz-abuses-authority-again-slapped-down-by-judge/

Senator Jeff Sessions: A Rare Advocate for Common Sense and Rule of Law
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52744#When:15:10:21Z

Wyoming to Battle NDAA Indefinite Detention
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/wyoming-to-battle-ndaa-indefinite-detention/

VIDEO: Feinstein Vows to Go After More Than 'Assault Weapons'
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/video-feinstein-vows-to-go-after-more-than-assault-weapons/

Is a Political Balance of Powers 'Unconstitutional'
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams235.htm

California Political News

Litigation News
Judge OKs $4B BP Oil Spill Criminal Settlement
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/29/judge-oks-4b-bp-oil-spill-criminal-settlement/

Tribal News

Calendar
Delta Conservancy
"Give Your Grant Proposal an Edge" Workshop
February 20, 2013
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Delta Conservancy
1450 Halyard Drive, Suite 6
West Sacramento, CA
Cost:  Free!

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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/

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January 25, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Stop Shasta Dam Expansion 
Friends of the River
https://secure2.convio.net/fotr/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=309

Big Water Projects Should Make Us Queasy
Here’s the bottom line: Price-sensitive demand, growing populations and climate change trends are creating unprecedented challenges to our Western water resources. How water managers solve these challenges — and pay for them — should be less about pie-in-the-sky solutions and more about old-fashioned thrift.
Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55678373-82/projects-demand-las-vegas.html.csp

What They're Saying
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/25/what-theyre-saying/?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

CRWC's Statement on Gov. Brown's State of the State Address
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/cfwcs-statement-on-gov-browns-state-of.html
(Makes one wonder just exactly where the Governor ends and Mr. Wade begins.)
    
Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Feinstein Introduces Sweeping Unconstitutional Gun Control Bill in Senate
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9152/feinstein-introduces-sweeping-unconstitutional-gun-control-bill-in-senate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
(She's looking pretty rough lately.) 

Feinstein's Shot Heard 'Round the World'
PatriotPost.com
http://patriotpost.us/editions/16450
 
San Francisco 1978, Dianne Feinstein and Gun Control
Unexamined Premises
http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2013/01/24/san-francisco-1978-dianne-feinstein-and-gun-control/?singlepage=true
(Excellent article of local history, and the decent Stateswoman Ms. Feinstein used to be, once upon a time; or until she met and married Mr. Blum.)
  
The Club of Liberals, Trans-humanism, Depopulation
NoMoreFakeNews.com
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=4tixiugab&v=001lnBTEkB9iIFVGjcxk8R4jeJvqXxxgbrx2HaVApnnHv0KhD-3iWnl_mt0XqvI6SYPkCoFCCzIXYLBt0dV3NNRQD2iIHrcazBbQp5WVHF8ZqPNcp-1g1rHAg%3D%3D
(Excellent read, especially towards the end.)

Fascist City Arrests Two Moms for Opposing 'SMART Meters' in Homes
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9154/city-arrests-two-moms-for-opposing-smart-meters-in-homes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
 
Agriculture/Science News
Fruit and Vegetable Intake Associated with Lower Risk of ER-Breast Cancer
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/fruit_and_vegetable_intake_is_associated_with_lower_risk_of_er_breast_cancer-105683

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to High Risk of Pre-menopausal Breast Cancer
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/low_vitamin_d_levels_linked_to_high_risk_of_premenopausal_breast_cancer-105686

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
HORB Revisited
Bay Delta Blog
http://baydelta.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/horb-revisited/

Napa Wine Country Water for Fish Showdown at Kimball Creek
LloydGCarter.com
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/130124594_napa-wine-country-water-fish-showdown-kimball-creek
 
Environmental News
Video: Ensuring California Rural Poor Not Forgotten in CEQA
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ensuring-california-rural-poor-not-forgotten-in-ceqa-process
 
Economic/Tourism News
Yes, It's Time For Water Markets
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/01/yes-its-time-for-water-markets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29
 
High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Jerry Brown on the Viability of High Speed Rail
California's Capitol
http://www.californiascapitol.com/2013/01/jerry-brown-on-the-viability-of-high-speed-rail/

 
Governor Jerry Brown and the Little Engine That Could
California High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/governor-jerry-brown-and-the-little-engine-that-could/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=governor-jerry-brown-and-the-little-engine-that-could
 
National Political News
Dr. Carl Parnell America's Ship of State, Part 4
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Parnell/carl119.htm

UN Expert Investigates U.S. Drone Use, Targeted Killings Involving Civilians Included
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/24/un-expert-investigates-us-drone-attacks-targeted-killings-that-involve-civilian/

Mississippi Bill Would Nullify Federal Laws
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/24/mississippi-bill-seeks-to-nullify-federal-laws/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Hillary Fails Benghazi Fact Check 
National Conservative Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/article/hillary-fails-benghazi-fact-check
 
California Political News
California Institute for Federal Policy
http://www.calinst.org/bul2/b2003.shtml

Devore: Numbers Show Arnold's Tax Increase Cost Jobs
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/25/devore-numbers-show-arnolds-tax-increase-cost-jobs/

The Next Parks Department Cover Up
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/25/the-next-parks-dept-cover-up/
 
Litigation News
Syngenta Settlement: Cash for Water Districts
WHOTV.com
http://whotv.com/2013/01/24/settlement-cash-syngenta-pays-iowa-water-districts/

Court: Obama Appointments Are Unconstitutional
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/25/court-obama-appointments-are-unconstitutional/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
 
Oyster Farm Challenges Eviction From Park in Court
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-oyster-farm-dispute-012512
 
Tribal News
Idle No More State Rally
Saturday, January 26th
North Steps Capitol Building
1:00-4:00 PM
Opening blessings from Local California Nations California Indian Dancers.
Speeches (special speech by Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum one of the founding women of Idle No More) via skype.
Wokini Indigenous Drum Group and Dancers (more drums TBA)
Aztec/Mexica Dancers.
Round Dance.
This event will be streamed live! for our relatives that live far way and cannot make it.
For more Information: http://idlenomore1.blogspot.com/
 
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Delta Methylmercury TMDL Nonpoint Sources Workgroup 
January 31, 2013
Meeting materials
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=skitmfcab&v=001Akwh5HY8vpykA-4K_yw1LhhFujh-_tZuxiI-LO1LmLihBlC4Yjd5BDsp8x6d9js5QotSMnRV55DSfpXLuF_VEE35ZPdi04kI-lR0O0ggjPDOyhTy8CmXCDDbNZ8R-H1r2vmk-bcwDAO1enCUPfxtCXvahNbk7D7AZ9Rtp4VfTMQGzHroEpRZdbtNn13gjSu6OV5g89u0gtw9ca7Kk8ZL8U_dmqOiD09icZkPtdNR6pmW0SC9Vjtq5IpRsL8eDBtqsibq0bNT5BLB4TggyG4YMXvfnAw1ZdBSbKkkcMmFNRejfeMXCYNcq-426HnO3wg8-mKH6immrfsLxjYToGYdztqERhCGwMS5
 
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