Items Tagged with 'investing in water storage infrastructure projects'

Many small farmers are struggling with low commodity prices in California, eroding their ability to absorb rising regulatory costs and weather market uncertainties.

The California Legislature is asking voters to approve a $10 billion climate bond in November. Farm groups are applauding money in the proposal for water and sustainable agriculture.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth to advise his office on water priorities.

The Sites Reservoir Project became the first infrastructure proposal to benefit from Gov. Newsom’s bill on streamlining judicial reviews, and environmental groups are not happy about it.

Newsom announced a raft of bills to streamline infrastructure projects and signed an order tasking agencies with accelerating clean energy projects.

Lawmaker have filed the most in more than a decade, raising the potential for the Legislature to deliver new challenges for farmers already dealing with water shortages, high taxes and exorbitant labor costs.

Gov. Gavin Newsom released his second major water plan on Thursday setting broad investment goals for expanding the state's overall supply.

California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot says the Sites Reservoir Project is “on a pretty good pathway” for advancing through the environmental permitting process.

As the drought deepens and climate action heats up in California, the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley is gaining a foothold with leaders in Sacramento.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein and Arizona colleagues have introduced a bill to boost the Western water supply and modernize infrastructure.