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I forwarded this to a member of the Democratic Central Committee for
Santa Clara County today. This person is closely involved as a
community volunteer for Congressman McNerney on environmental issues. <br>
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Here was their response. <br>
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<pre wrap="">Just one of many disappointments with this President and his Administration.
I feel betrayed.</pre>
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Thanks, Kalmran, for the ammunition. <br>
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In contrast, here is what Congressman McNerney has to say on the
question. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091108/A_NEWS/911080317#STS=g1u50cbp.20mx">http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091108/A_NEWS/911080317#STS=g1u50cbp.20mx</a><br>
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Hard to know that Cardoza and McNerney are in the same party. <br>
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<td>[G-C-F] First the wars, military budget, then healthcare. Now
the admin is getting involved in Ca water...</td>
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<td>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:52:58 -0800 (PST)</td>
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<td>Kalmran Alavi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:calm_ron@yahoo.com"><calm_ron@yahoo.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cal-forum@cagreens.org">cal-forum@cagreens.org</a></td>
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<div>Dennis Cardoza, representing northern San Joaquin valley broadcast
emmail this one today:</div>
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<p align="center"><font face="Times New
Roman" size="3"><strong><font
size="5">Drought relief commitment made to Reps. Cardoza and Costa</font><br>
<font size="4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_12"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Obama</span>
Administration to assist with Valley water projects</font></strong></font></p>
<p><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>For Immediate Release:
November 9, 2009<br>
</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_13">WASHINGTON</span> – Over the last several
months, Congressmen Cardoza and Costa have met with top officials from
the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_14">White House</span>
and the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_15"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Department
of Interior</span>. As part of ongoing discussions, the Congressmen
have expressed the need for the Obama Administration to take action to
address <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_16"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">California</span>’<span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_17"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">s
Central Valley</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_18"
style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">water
crisis</span>. In conjunction with their <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cardoza.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=2100049814.67584.257&gen=1&mailing_linkid=7067"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_19"><font color="#0000ff">recent legislative efforts</font></span></a>,
the Congressmen have provided the Administration with a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cardoza.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=2100049814.67584.257&gen=1&mailing_linkid=7068"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_20"><font color="#0000ff">list of water-improvement
projects</font></span></a> and actions that would provide significant
relief to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_21">San Joaquin
Valley farmers</span>, farm workers, and farm communities.<br>
In response to these discussions, <span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_22"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Interior
Secretary Ken Salazar</span> today released the following statement:</font></p>
<p><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong><u>Salazar’s Statement on
Obama Administration Actions <br>
To Deal with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_23"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">California
Water Crisis</span></u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. – <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_24">Secretary of the Interior</span>
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_25">Ken Salazar</span>
released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s actions
to deal with the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_26">California
Water Crisis</span>: </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“Today, <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_27"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Governor
Schwarzenegger</span> is signing milestone water legislation in Fresno
County, one of the counties hardest hit by California's water crisis –
a crisis caused by the brutal combination of a three-year drought, the
collapse of native fisheries in the Bay Delta, and the fact that
California's investments in <span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_28"
style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">water conservation</span>
and infrastructure have not kept up with its growth. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“I would like to take this
opportunity to express the federal government's commitment to being a
full partner with the state and stakeholders in laying a foundation for
California's water future, providing a <span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_29">sustainable water supply</span> for
Californians, and helping those hardest hit – including in the <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_30">San Joaquin Valley</span>. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New
Roman" size="3">“To that end, I am pleased to
announce that the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_31">National
Academy of Sciences</span> (NAS) National Research Council Governing
Board is meeting tomorrow and is expected to approve the request of the
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_32"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Department
of the Interior</span> and <span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_33">Department of Commerce</span> for an independent
scientific review of key questions relating to the California Bay
Delta, and how to both protect the ecosystem and provide a reliable
water supply. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“Secretary Locke and I are
sensitive to the need for operational flexibility in using both the <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_34"
style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">Central Valley</span>
and State Water Projects to move water during this critical drought
crisis. With tomorrow’s timely action, NAS will be on track to deliver
the first of two reports by <span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1257814078_35"
style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">March 15, 2010</span>.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“If approved, the first NAS
report will direct particular attention to the water delivery
restrictions in the biological opinions and whether there are available
alternative actions that would have lesser impacts on water deliveries
while still providing equal or greater protection for the species and
their designated critical habitat. The NAS report will also look at the
extent to which factors other than water pumping (known as “other
stressors”) are contributing to the collapse of the Bay Delta ecosystem.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“In addition, the
Administration is fully committed to funding and moving forward with
the construction of the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct
Intertie, pending the completion of a Record of Decision on the
project, which we anticipate within the next 60 days. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“The Administration is also
continuing to pursue the Two-Gates Fish Protection Demonstration
Project through the required permitting processes, on an expedited
basis. Other potential projects that could supplement water supplies
for the Valley include the Patterson Irrigation District <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_36">Fish Screen project</span>
and related Pipeline Project. The Administration is interested in
potentially pursuing both projects, subject to federal and cost share
funding constraints. In addition, the Department of the Interior has
used Recovery Act funds to help diversify Level 2 and Level 4 refuge
supplies, and will look for additional opportunities to continue this
diversification effort. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“The Administration remains
committed to working to implement a broad suite of tools to help
alleviate the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_37"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">critical
water supply</span> and environmental situation in California. As
announced in October, the Department of the Interior, the Department of
Commerce and other federal agencies are working together under a <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_38"
style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Memorandum
of Understanding</span> that commits the federal government to produce
an integrated work plan to address California water issues by <span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257814078_39"
style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">December 15</span>.
The Administration is also working closely with the state on a variety
of important fronts including, in particular, the development of a Bay
Delta Conservation Plan. We will continue to pursue all of these
efforts, in close tandem with the state and other stakeholders as we
address both the short-term and longer-term water needs for California.”</font></p>
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