"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
In a push to provide more water for agribusiness and residents of southern California, Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a pair of 40 mile tunnels to move water from the Sacramento River Delta to the town of Tracy, a project…
The California legislature has approved spending billions for a high speed rail line from nowhere to nowhere in the Central Valley but postponed yet again putting a water bond on the ballot to save the Sacramento Delta. Gosh, makes perfect…
A government report in 1874 said if Sacramento Delta water wasn’t handled correctly “the result will be a partial and temporary good for only a part of the valley.” How prescient they were. JFleck uncovered this illuminating report. Because the…
The Sacramento Delta has immensely fertile peat soil. But the land is sinking due to farming. Some farm land now lies below sea level, protected by levees. But this can and does lead to catastrophe when levees fail. California is…
A disturbing 78% of Californians in a recent survey said they didn’t know what the Bay Delta was. This strongly implies they also don’t know, depending on where they live, that some or most of their water may well come…