Newsom finalizes Water Portfolio, with lowered expectations 07/29/20 1:42 PM By Brad Hooker The administration has issued the final draft of its blueprint for equipping California to cope with the impacts of climate extremes.Read More
Daybreak: State Water Board releases draft Wine Order 07/20/20 1:24 PM By Brad Hooker DPR tees up on neonics * Senate set to consider COVID relief * Pompeo tries to reassure farmers on China trade promisesRead More
Study: Media discourage SGMA engagement 07/20/20 1:09 PM By Brad Hooker Media have a “bias for featuring agricultural industry, politician, and water managers' voices,” according to a new study from UC Merced.Read More
Water Portfolio to be finalized ‘in coming weeks’ 06/03/20 9:25 AM By Brad Hooker The Newsom administration is advancing the Water Resilience Portfolio and plans to complete the policy document soon.Read More
Budget cuts for SGMA funding could hurt farmers later 05/27/20 7:45 AM By Brad Hooker January proposals for supporting SGMA planning have mostly disappeared in the governor's May Revision for the budget.Read More
Reclamation again nudges up water allocations 05/20/20 7:44 AM By Brad Hooker The Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday south-of-Delta agricultural water districts will now have a 20% allocation.Read More
Daybreak: Groundwater plans allow leeway with subsidence 05/18/20 7:22 AM By Brad Hooker Signup for COVID relief payments on the way * GOP derides House relief billRead More
Daybreak: The new normal: Cuts, cuts and more cuts 05/15/20 10:33 AM By Brad Hooker Managing lands fallowed by SGMA * Farm groups hail biotech rule, exporters alarmed * Trump presses liability protectionsRead More
A proposal for managing lands to be fallowed under SGMA 05/15/20 8:07 AM By Brad Hooker The Assembly heard a new proposal for a grant program offering incentives for managing lands for ecosystem benefits when no longer farmed.Read More
Daybreak: State delivers millions of masks to ag community 05/12/20 11:31 AM By Brad Hooker Not implementing SGMA has costs, too * Ag groups rush appeals for Phase 4 * New Deal program makes a comebackRead More
