Wayne Western, Jr.
55 posts
Wayne Western, Jr. a Sun View Contributor, commenting on the San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural community and water issues.
On two critical water bills, we can hear praise and silence
Why would a Valley lawmaker supporting a bill to save jobs, farms, and clean water for communities, later vote for a different bill denying all of that?
September 6, 2019
Secret plans on water? They start with environmentalists, not the Feds.
Radical environmentalists worked hand-in-glove with allies in the media to derail potential solutions by a slyly-developed attack on scientific process.
August 22, 2019
A listening California should consult the real experts on water
Calif. voters approved more than $25bil in water funding since 1970. Now, state agencies want public input on the same issues the money was meant to solve.
July 22, 2019
California’s ABC Test is more dangerous than 1-2-3
A bill to codify a groundbreaking California Supreme Court decision will certainly pick winners and losers. But who's who?
June 11, 2019
Fighting over dead salmon officially “overblown”
Fishing guides told The Sacramento Bee that thousands of baby salmon turned up dead right next to a $6.3 million salmon restoration project built with taxpayer funds.
June 3, 2019
What’s behind California’s lawsuit against Westlands, raising Shasta dam?
Calif. A.G. Xavier Becerra and his allies have filed a lawsuit to stop Federal water users from participating in the raising of Shasta Dam, a federal dam.
May 21, 2019
Water Tax season reigns in California as solutions are ignored
Sacramento's pitch to enact taxes for "clean drinking water for disadvantaged communities" is an old dog with new tricks.
May 4, 2019
Salmon are back in the San Joaquin, but what did it cost us?
Five Chinook salmon were found having spawned in the San Joaquin River, but exactly how many jobs were lost in the process?
April 26, 2019
Senate Bill 1 leaves California stalling while looking like “progress”
The bill would serve as a victory in mirage. Its results would be the status quo: water flowing to the Pacific Ocean and no new water infrastructure.
April 24, 2019
Dams are full, but farmers aren’t seeing it. What gives?
Simply put: we have snow and we have water.
April 18, 2019