News Links on Peripheral Canal/Twin Tunnels Announcement

NEWS CLIPS ON PERIPHERAL CANAL/TUNNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

OF JULY 25, 2012

C-WIN’s Press release for its report “Why We Cannot Afford the Peripheral Canal- The Santa Barbara Story” http://www.c-win.org/content/c-win-press-release-report-documents-huge-cost-overruns-santa-barbara’s-state-water.html

Listen to yesterday's KQED Forum program with Barbara Barrigan-Parilla and others here -

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201207260900

Restore the Delta’s first post - "announcement" newsletter -

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001LEVGr4U1JLMGWYZF0BJ3okT7kI1QINfoD_UA_e3ESAfF8vsQXBFOHd-ZPO7TZK90Bb0HcGi92K2V-we_PYFyn2myE0To_9teOya0qUraMR0%3D

Some interesting facts and figures in this report on how well California's Ag business is doing -

http://www.capitalpress.com/newsletter/AP-CA-Crop-records-072512

Phil Isenberg comments extensively on the BDCP announcement; he found "meat on the bones" -

http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/california-delta-water-vet-responds-to-governor-browns-27b-water-tunnel-proposal/

NRDC didn't find much meat on the bones; see first paragraph of this -

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/nrdcnews/ann_notthoff_expressed_her_con.html

John Fleck looks behind some of Isenberg's comments -

http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/07/california-waters-grumpy-old-guy-on-bdcp/

Dan Bacher suggests that Isenberg should be neutral at this point -

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/26/18718362.php

Bay Institute statement about the Guv's plan;

http://www.bay.org/newsroom/press-releases/72512-program-director-gary-bobker-responds-to-the-bdcp-announcement

Bilingual Weekly writes about the Guv's Tunnel Vision -

http://bwnews.us/2012/07/26/browns-tunnel-vision-the-governor-promotes-the-bay-delta-conservation-plan-again/

SacBee editorializes for better groundwater management -

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/27/v-print/4665001/state-needs-to-protect-precious.html

The day before many were expressing themselves about the Peripheral Tunnels in Sacramento the AquaAlliance folks were doing the same in Oroville -

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/tunnel-vision/content?oid=6861338

some Bay Area water managers who rely on Delta water support the twin tunnels

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21166859/beau-goldie-jill-duerig-and-walt-wadlow-jerry

more on the Congressional reaction to the Peripheral Tunnel plan -

http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26129:water-groups-california-members-of-congress-react-to-peripheral-tunnel-plan&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197

Mike Gardner of the SD Union Tribune saying that San Diego is far from sold on BDCP and the Peripheral Tunnels -

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/25/california-embarks-on-massive-water-project/?page=1#article

According to the Redding Record Searchlight, most folks in the far north are not happy with the return of the Peripheral Canal as 2 tunnels -

http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jul/25/north-state-leary-of-water-tunnel-plan/

Devin Nunes thinks Interior Secretary Salazar is a pawn of the enviro community

http://pjmedia.com/blog/author/bridgetjohnson/

and here's a compilation by Aquafornia that includes some new statements --

http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/70538/

Dan Bacher writes about the C-WIN report about the affordability (not) of the Canal/Tunnel (the report was attached to Clips on Tuesday) -

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/26/18718346.php

CalWatchdog's Katy Grimes is pretty tough on the Guv about his motivation for the Peripheral Tunnels -

http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/26/gov-brown-legislating-by-legacy-and-vanity/

Republican Assemblymen Nielsen and La Malfa have some harsh words for the Tunnel proposal -

http://blogs.redding.com/bross/archives/2012/07/nielsen-time-to.html

Republican Assemblyman Bill Berryhill agrees in this op-ed in a couple of local papers -

http://www.modbee.com/2012/07/25/2296995/uncertain-future-for-peripheral.html

Elizabeth D. adds some pictures of the rally/press conference -

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151726781660110.490719.204902165109&type=1

NBC Bay Area predicts a water war -

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Opinion-A-New-Civil-War-In-California-163698706.html

Huff Post's Wm. Bradley rambles on about Jerry Brown's various big ideas -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/jerry-brown-energy_b_1708206.html

July 31 deadline for comments on Water Commission's strategic plan -

http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/comments-due-july-31-water-commissions-strategic-plan

Mr. Wade letter to editor in Monterey County Weekly

http://npaper-wehaa.com/monterey-county-weekly/2012/07/26/#?article=1636674

Bruce Tokars wasted no time doing a video about the events of July 25 --

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlPChyXZbI&hd=1

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/46468642

Alex Breitler held a live chat about the Peripheral Canal/Tunnels at Noon today; see the link below for details.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120726/A_SPECIAL19/120729960

Stockton Record's first story about the big "announcement" points out the lack of new details -

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120725/A_NEWS/120729941

New York Times also mentions that the plan is noticeably shy on details -

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/a-new-plan-to-fix-california-water-system.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Alex Breitler's follow up story repeats that point and includes some pithy comments from Mayor Johnston and others -

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120726/A_NEWS/207260327

Sacto Ch. 10 coverage of yesterday's events; check the links -

http://www.news10.net/news/article/202514/2/Peripheral-canal-opponents-rally-today

KCRA Sacto Channel 3 coverage includes the AP story, Tom Duhain's live coverage of last night's news and some still photos of the opposition -

http://www.kcra.com/news/politics/Calif-federal-officials-reveal-water-tunnel-plan/-/11797268/15697464/-/g5iibh/-/index.html

Representative John Garamendi's prepared statement on the Peripheral Canal/Tunnel

http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/70524/

Wall Street Journal coverage(if you're willing to pay to read the whole thing) -

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444840104577549361727697058.html

Reuters coverage with a quote from Kate Poole of NRDC -

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/us-california-water-idUSBRE86P01I20120726

Bloomberg's coverage with an important correction by the irrepressible Sam Rivers -

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-25/brown-says-14-billion-plan-will-boost-california-water

San Jose Mercury News call it Brown's "first shot" in the new water wars -

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21155437/gov-jerry-brown-fires-first-shot-new-water

while KQED says "the combatants are digging in" -

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/07/25/combatants-in-new-ca-water-war-dig-in/

Dan Bacher provides us with his description -

http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/26/fishermen-tribal-members-and-enviros-blast-brown-tunnel-plan/

SF Chronicle coverage -

http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/New-state-water-plan-tunnels-under-delta-3735999.php

AP coverage in SacBee -

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/25/4659645/calif-federal-officials-reveal.html

Matt Weiser's SacBee coverage, and note that there's some video available (this story also appeared in the Modesto Bee) -

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/26/4661407/feds-state-on-same-page-for-delta.html

SacBee reveals that the Guv says inappropriate words -

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/07/jerry-brown-i-want-to-get-s----done-at-this-stage-of-life.html

LA Times calls the twin tunnels an "echo" of the Peripheral Canal (but fails to mention that the "twins" will have a 15,000 cfs capacity, but does mention Brett's pitchfork) -

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-tunnel-20120726,0,5647580.story

and here's the pitchfork -

http://yfrog.com/obao6dauj?f=1

the Central Valley Business Times collects some of the opposing reactive comments to the announcement -

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21546

Dan Walters on video predicts a monumental battle -

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/07/dan-walters-daily-california-faces-another-monumental-water-battle.html

Tim Herdt of the Ventura County Star predicts an "epic" battle -

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/25/brown-backs-delta-tunnel-plan-to-improve-water/

David Zetland minces no words, but can't determine whether it's corruption or stupidity -

http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/07/californias-delta-plan.html

Jay Lund is quoted in a Redding paper blog as equating the BDCP process to a home remodeling project -