Items Tagged with 'State Water Board'

Newsom is urging water leaders to finish major projects like Sites Reservoir and the Delta tunnel. But they worry California’s ability to build is running up against affordability, permitting and political hurdles.

Newsom’s budget proposal avoids big spending bets, but its quiet choices on water planning, climate programs and safety nets could impact agriculture, farmworker health and food access.

The industry fears the added costs could cripple small businesses and that the regulation would ignore longstanding commitments by businesses and local governments to achieve sustainability goals – a hallmark of the California wine industry.

The State Water Board is raising eyebrows for requesting 74 new positions during a hiring freeze.

State may reject its first groundwater sustainability plan * Legislators hint at a new climate bond and other bills * California lawmakers and potato growers press Senate to act on ag labor

The beef packer and processing company, one of the valley’s largest employers, reached a settlement this week with the EPA.

Scientists offer little hope for delta smelt * Full speed ahead for USMCA