Category: Friant Member Districts

Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot

Governor Jerry Brown signs the bill placing the water bond, Proposition 1, on the November ballot with Republican and Democratic legislators applauding.

Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot Passage Caps Years-Long Effort By Friant For the second time in five years, an all-out effort by the Friant Water Authority has resulted in legislative approval and a governor’s signature of a comprehensive water infrastructure…

Historic Groundwater Bills Win Nod

Historic Groundwater Bills Win Nod Like it or not – and many in the San Joaquin Valley apparently don’t – laws regulating groundwater extraction and use are probably headed for reality. California’s two legislative houses ignored unanimous opposition from Central…

Faces of the California Drought

Faces of the CA Drought

Faces of the California Drought California’s drought has turned into hardship for many and economic devastation for those who have been most impacted. Their stories are featured in a new Facebook page entitled “Faces of the California Drought,” coordinated by…

BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN

BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN Twin Tunnels Could Produce Friant Dry Year Water Woes While “progress” on the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan’s ambitious and controversial twin tunnels planning continues to mostly be marked by delay, Friant Division contractors and the Friant Water Authority…

House, Senate Conference Talks Go On

House, Senate Conference Talks Go On House and Senate negotiators at press time were continuing their efforts aimed at developing compromise legislation between vastly differing bills approved earlier this year. The bill would address drought impacts. Friant Water Authority General…