UPDATE on MWD’s Poseidon subsidy (The Video)

Poseidon Resources Inc. told elected officials and taxpayers that if its energy intensive and costly desalination projects were approved in Carlsbad and Huntington Beach, California that there would be no cost or risk to taxpayers. But they will directly benefit from a $350 million subsidy with much more likely to come.

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Sincerely,
John Earl
Editor

Coastal Commission’s January and February, 2010

January 14-15, 2010 Coastal Commission Meeting Agenda:

Huntington Beach City Council
Chambers
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648 17.

FEBRUARY 10-12, 2010 Coastal Commission Meeting Agenda:

Oceanside City Council Chambers
300 North Coast Hwy.
Oceanside, CA 92054

REVOCATION.

Revocation hearing; Carlsbad Poseidon seawater desalination plant Green House Gas (GHG) mitigation plan.
www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings for more information.

Water Bond Power?

Concerned about the $11 billion water bond? Sheila Kuehl provides insight into recent water legislation.

Water, Water, Everywhere, But Now We Stop and Think
by Sheila Kuehl

This is the first in a series of four essays describing the five separate pieces of water legislation recently passed by the California legislature and signed, in many public events, by the Governor. In total, the legislation amended the oversight structure of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, extended water conservation mandates, set up some groundwater measurement procedures, authorized the use of funds from a past water bond and set up a new bond for voter approval next year.

In this essay, I provide an overview of some of the problems created by the legislation, and describe the bill affecting the monitoring of groundwater. In the next essay, I will describe the bill related to the Delta governance structure. In the third, I cover water rights and expenditures authorized from an existing bond. In the fourth essay, I will present and analyze the proposed 11.14 billion dollar bond to be placed on the November 2, 2010 ballot.

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Governor Calls Special Session on Water
Progress Cited in Ongoing Negotiations on Water Package

Association of California Water Agencies OUTREACH

Oct 12, 2009

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called a special session late yesterday to continue work on a far-reaching legislative package to address the Delta, water conservation and other issues.

Hours before the midnight Sunday deadline to sign or veto bills approved by the Legislature, the governor said enough progress had been made on water over the previous days to warrant a special session. He also cited that progress in moving away from an earlier pledge to veto hundreds of bills if lawmakers failed to agree on a comprehensive water package.