Santa Paula: Housing Tract at Peck and Foothill Denied by City Council
By Sheryl Hamlin This article is the third and final installment of the April 18, 2016 Santa Paula City Council Meeting. The first and second installments of this council meeting were published previously. To view the meeting click here and start at 1:33:00. Recent Project History A larger project was originally presented to the Santa […]
Santa Paula Council: Active Citizenry Featured
By Sheryl Hamlin In the Presentations and Public Comments section of the April 18, 2016 Santa Paula City Council, the citizenry presented a diverse set of topics. To watch the video, click here. Monday nights meeting brought three presentations and three Public Comments. Presentations Dee Cota likes to recycle. She has a special outfit and […]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Where Do We Stand in the Quest for Sustainable Groundwater Management?
At the intersection of water and politics, clinic a cross section of water professionals including agency staff, engineers, attorneys and consultants convened in Sacramento March 30 to spend a day with an outstanding lineup of legislators and administration officials at the Groundwater Resources Association (GRA) and California Groundwater Coalition’s (CGC) Annual Legislative Symposium. The title […]
Ventura County Receives $250,000 Grant for Groundwater Sustainability
By Sheryl Hamlin Development of Groundwater Sustainability Plans for Two County of Ventura Critically Overdrafted Basis The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced it is awarding 21 counties a total of $6.7 million in grants to help with sustainable groundwater planning. The Proposition 1 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program provides funding for county projects that will develop groundwater plans consistent with the […]
Department of Water Resources (DWR): California Water Briefing
By Sheryl Hamlin On August 27, 2015, DWR hosted a webinar briefing covering three hydrologic regions: Sacramento River, San Francisco Bay and South Coast Regions. Ventura county is located in the South Coast Hydrologic Region, as shown on the map below. The summary report may be downloaded here. California’ water management made an important announcement […]
CA Department of Water Resources: Critical Basin Overdraft Report
By Sheryl Hamlin California’s Depart of Water Resources (DWR) has been reviewing groundwater conditions and has produced a new list of the basins exhibiting the most critical overdraft conditions. This is a draft list. DWR is taking questions and comments on the report. The list may be read here. In Ventura county, the Oxnard Basin […]
Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording Available
On July 20, 2015, DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Program hosted an information meeting and webcast focusing on Batch 1 issues related to Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Draft Regulations: (1) Measurable Objectives and Interim Milestones, (2) Pre-SGMA Conditions and Undesirable Results, and (3) Land Use and County Involvement. Below are links to the July 20 webcast and presentation […]
California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management – Part One
By Sheryl Hamlin This is a multi-part report on California’s plan to achieve Sustainable Groundwater Management. Part One covers recent history and the legislation implementation timeline. Part Two covers the Draft Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations. Part Three covers three of the ten issue topics for Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) regulation development. Much of this material […]
