Archived Media Articles
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Water has become a daily topic for media across the state. Listed here is a collection of news stories, editorials and Op-eds from newspapers throughout California and the nation media market.
2013
May 30
L.A. Times, news story
California plan to overhaul water system hub to cost $25 billion
May 22
Sacramento Bee/Capitol Alert blog, news story
Southern California weighs in on Jerry Brown’s water plan
May 19
Stockton Record, Op-ed by Jerry Meral
Clarifying issues with Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by William Stelle Jr.
Delta plan still evolving as more is learned
May 18
San Jose Mercury News, Op-ed by Paul Helliker
Conservation plan is vital to Delta’s survival
May 5
Los Angeles Daily News, editorial
Build Delta tunnels for all of California
April 30
Sacramento Bee, by Matt Weiser
Sacramento district agrees to remove ammonia in sewage treatment
April 28
Sacramento Bee, by Matt Weiser
Delta tunnel project to radically change Sacramento landscape
April 27
Oakland Tribune, by Byron William
California’s aging levee system an issue that needs full attention
April 25
Sacramento Bee, by Matt Weiser
Governor urges fast review of tunnels
April 14
Sacramento Bee, Op-Ed by Jerry Meral
The big divide over water: Plan balances the need of the ecosystem and exporters
March 30
U-T San Diego, by Michael Gardner
Will twin tunnels water project float?
March 28
Sacramento Bee, by Matt Weiser
Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents reveal details, stir concerns
Contra Costa Times, by Paul Burgarino
Latest piece of Delta tunnel plan looks at environmental effects
March 12
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Mike Sweeny and Jay Ziegler
Bay-Delta Conservation Plan must chart new course for water system
February 20
Orange County Register, Op-ed by Daniel Weintraub
Talks over Delta calm roiling waters
February 7
Sacramento Bee, by David Siders
Brown enters hostile territory to push controversial water plan
February 2
U-T San Diego; Letter to the Editor by John Laird
Smaller proposal doesn't fill big need
January 27
Riverside Press-Enterprise; editorial
Quit stalling on state water fixes
January 27
Sacramento Bee; Op-ed by Matt Weiser
Earlier start planned in fight against waterway-clogging Delta weeds
January 24
Metropolitan General Manager’s Statement Regarding Gov. Brown’s State-Of-The-State Address
January 7
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by Timothy Quinn
California water system upgrade overdue
2012
November 7
San Jose Mercury News, Op-ed by Mark Cowin
Levees alone won’t secure California’s water
September 22
Ventura County Star, Op-ed by Charles Wilson
It's time for action on Delta proposal
September 7
Sacramento Bee, by Randy Record and John Coleman
Collaboration needed to solve water problems
August 12
Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News, Op-ed by Jeff Kightlinger
In search of reliable water future
August 8
Los Angeles Times, Editorial
Give the Bay Delta Conservation Plan a chance
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Media Articles
2012
August 23
San Jose Mercury News, Op-ed by John Laird
Delta realities cry out for action and a new direction
August 10
Stockton Record, news story
Opponents plan to use dollar signs to fight Delta tunnels
August 1
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by John Laird
Science drives Delta water plan
July 31
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by Carl Guardino and Gary Toebbean
Delta plan lays out stable water future
July 30
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
Why is the governor picking a water fight?
July 29
Los Angeles Times, by George Skelton
Jerry Brown’s water plan is more than policy
San Francisco Chronicle, by Wyatt Buchanan
Delta tunnels would mean high prices
July 27
San Jose Mercury News, editorial
Tunnel vision is bad news for the Delta
July 26
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, editorial
The art and science of getting it done
San Jose Mercury-News, Op-ed by Beau Goldie, Jill Duerig and Walt Wadlow
Jerry Brown’s Delta water supply tunnel is needed
Vacaville Reporter, by Melissa Murphy
Solano County leaders against Delta tunnel plan
Redding Record Searchlight, by Damon Arthur
North state leery of water tunnel plan
Sacramento Bee, by Matt Weiser
Feds, state on same page for Delta tunnels
Los Angeles Times, by Bettina Boxall and Anthony York
Gov. Brown pushes $23-billion plan to tunnel under Delta
U-T San Diego, by Michael Gardner
State unveils water project
New York Times, by Felicity Barringer and Jennifer Medina
California envisions fix to water distribution
San Francisco Chronicle, by Wyatt Buchanan
New state water plan: tunnels under Delta
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Jay R. Lund
Get out your tool belt – it’s time for state to remodel water system
July 15
U-T San Diego, Op-ed by Hank Nordhoff
The Business of Water in California
July 14
San Jose Mercury-News, editorial
State is Playing Russian Roulette with Silicon Valley’s water supply
July 9
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
Jerry Brown’s Delta fix is not much of a plan
July 8
Los Angeles Times, editorial
California’s Way Forward on Water
July 3
Contra Costa Times, Op-ed by Randy Fiorini
It’s Time for Common Sense to Prevail in the Delta
June 25
Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed by Jim Newton
Water Ethics and a peripheral canal
June 24
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Stuart Leavenworth
|Delta water deal is a long way from being cooked
June 21
Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser
Retooled plan for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta diversions fails to impress area residents
June 13
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Linda S. Adams
Only strong leadership will help us address the Delta's challenges
June 3
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
California peripheral canal coming soon
May 21
KQED News, Jeremy Miller
Three Delta disasters that could disrupt California’s water supply
May 20
Sacramento Bee, Stuart Leavenworth
Rice country fears it could get rolled in Delta deal
May 17
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
“Chunnel” plan to bypass Delta is falling down
May 13
Sacramento Bee, editorial
Water contractors need to get real
May 5
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Mike Chrisman
Snowpack shows vulnerability of water supply
Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser
Draft Plan for Delta tunnel won’t meet June deadline.
April 22
Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta faces deadline for restoring fish habitat
April 8
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
California’s water wars could heat up
March 12
Los Angeles Times, column by Jim Newton
Refighting California’s water war
March 11
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Gary Bobker
Delta fix must include higher flows, reduced water exports
March 7
San Jose Mercury News, Op-ed by Beau Goldie
Santa Clara Valley Water District supports Bay Delta Conservation Plan
March 6
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, Jeff Denham
Ending California’s man-made drought
March 4
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Dave Festa and Cynthia Koehler
Bay Delta draft offers a first step to solutions
Woodland Daily Democrat, editorial
Reject damaged water measure
March 3
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
The struggle for Delta water
March 1
Riverside Press-Enterprise, editorial
State: water meddling
New York Times, John Upton
A bold plan to reshape the Central Valley flood plain
Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser
Bay Delta water diversion plan could harm fish temporarily, state analysis says
San Francisco Chronicle, Wyatt Buchanan
Calif. tunnel plan would increase pumping
Stockton Record, Alex Breitler
$23b tunnel mixed bag for fish
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by State Sen. Lois Wolk
Time to get real about California’s water supply
February 20
Sacramento Bee, Matt Weiser
Water tunnels would be huge project – if they clear huge obstacles
February 19
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed by Stuart Leavenworth
Dogs of war still hungry in “Water-stan”
February 16
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by John Laird
Bay Delta Conservation Plan is best option
February 6
Sacramento Business Journal, Melanie Turner
Report: Strengthening Delta levees critical to economy
February 5
Sacramento Bee, editorial
Water Bond will sink if it stays bloated
San Francisco Chronicle, Op-ed by Doug Obegi
California’s water myths and facts
Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Op-ed by Tom Campbell
Dancing with disaster in the state Delta
February 1
Visalia Times-Delta, editorial
Ignorance of Delta bodes ill for state’s water
KQED News, Craig Miller
Dunno much about hydrology: Californians clueless about Delta’s role in their water
January 27
San Francisco Chronicle, editorial
No need to fast-track attempt at canal
January 18
Sacramento Bee, Op-ed
Head to Head: Should California build a Delta water canal it rejected in the 1980s?
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