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The pushback from Democratic allies and the GOP comes as Biden administration officials seek to throw out Trump-era rules boosting water deliveries to the Central Valley and Southern California.
Tulare County Ag Commissioner Tom Tucker points to price drops in almonds, grapes, peaches and tangerines as the culprit to a down year.
State and Federal water officials have petitioned a judge to order a one-year temporary plan governing California’s two water arteries, throwing out years of work encapsulated in 2019 environmental rules.
Two years after new rules were finalized to govern water deliveries to the Valley and Southern California, Democrats are actively throwing out scientific data – the alleged sin they accused President Trump’s team of doing.
With a looming water crisis on hand at Kettleman City, Kings County officials continue to press California water officials to deliver the town’s minimum needs before it runs out of water.
The poor town best known as the tourist junction between Interstate 5 and Highway 41 midway through California is set to run out of water by December.
Construction to repair a critical stretch of the Friant-Kern Canal will soon be underway, water officials announced Thursday.
Just two years after the Trump administration delivered sweeping changes to California’s water delivery system with major benefit to the San Joaquin Valley, the Biden administration is is seeking a reversal.
The prospect of minimal rainfall next winter opens the door for California to force mandatory restrictions for its residents in 2022.
The United Farm Workers was once a mighty force, but it’s largely become a greedy organization pushing a liberal agenda with workers seeing few results.
