KQED Forum: Water Bill Hearing Preview
In Sacramento, stakeholders are lining up in support of and in opposition to a series of bills that would change how fresh water moves through the California Delta. We talk about the possibility of what some are calling a peripheral canal. Listen on KQED’s website.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
* Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA)
* Joe Simitian, state senator representing California’s 11th District
* Jonas Minton, water policy adviser for the Planning and Conservation League, a statewide conservation advocacy group
* Keith Coolidge, deputy director of the Calfed Bay Delta Program, a collaboration of 25 state and federal agencies charged with improving the state’s water supply and ecological health