The president and the Golden State are closer on the issue of water than you might think.
MANTECA — California is providing health care to undocumented immigrants while President Donald Trump wants to build a border wall, and Gov. Gavin Newsom circumvented the White House with a side deal on auto emissions standards.Story Continued Below
Newsom normally revels in rebuking Trump, but the governor shocked environmentalists last month with the speed with which he essentially sided with the president by blocking legislation that could have stopped Trump's endangered species rollbacks. "The water politics that I'd like to get away from, that I think most people in our community would like to get away from, is a zero-sum mentality where an environmentalist or fish has to lose in order for a farmer to benefit, and vice versa," Harder said.
Democrats from the region Tuesday were measured and did not condemn Trump's plan for California's main water-delivery system. Harder and other Central Valley Democrats, along with Feinstein, said they will examine the changes and conceded that the science underpinning the Obama-era rules was “more than a decade old and needed to be updated, especially given climate change.”
The federal government's biological opinions dictate how much water can be exported from the state's two main rivers, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, and their tributaries. "I'm very disappointed that all these folks appear to be just fine with the environmental baseline getting yanked backwards," said Rep., a Democrat who represents a long, rural swath of Northern California coast. "They're either silent or complicit in the federal rollback of protections for salmon and now have prevented us from putting a really important backstop in place.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
California independents can cast ballots for Democrats — but not Trump — in March primaryCalifornia voters who aren't in a political party can vote in the Democratic presidential primary in 2020. Republicans, though, have excluded them.
Lire la suite »
Trump team weakens endangered species protections for California salmon and delta smeltThe Trump administration is weakening endangered species protections for delta smelt and salmon, which have curbed water deliveries to Central Valley farm districts.
Lire la suite »
Feds charge California investor who donated $900K to Trump inaugural committeeNEW: US federal prosecutors charge a Calif. venture capitalist with allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent and making illegal campaign contributions to Democratic and Republican campaigns, as well as President Trump's inaugural committee.
Lire la suite »
Manhattan D.A., Trump lawyers strike deal to speed fight over Trump tax returns to Supreme CourtEight years of financial records are being sought in a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization about hush money payments made to two women.
Lire la suite »
Manhattan DA, Trump lawyers strike deal that could fast-track Trump taxes fight to SCOTUS
Lire la suite »