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"content": "\u003cp>Warbler has come to earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested the 24-year-old tree sitter, whose real name is Amanda Senseman, on Tuesday morning, bringing an end to her two-month act of civil disobedience aimed at stopping a Highway 101 bypass construction near Willits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A supporter said police arrested two other tree sitters as well, reportedly after firing a projectile at one who refused to let go of his tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More protesters reportedly remained in other trees on the site at noon, with multiple California Highway Patrol officers in the area.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nThis video posted by \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/EmeraldTriangleNews\">Emerald Triangle News\u003c/a> appears to show a demonstrator shot with a rubber bullet.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>.\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/VX5RGqMICIc?rel=0&end=06\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law enforcement operation included cutting down the ponderosa pine where Warbler had been living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers also arrested two people, Sara Grusky, 56, and William Parrish, 31, on the ground, said officer Steve Krul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the protesters said the CHP used cherry pickers to remove Warbler, and began approaching other tree sitters. \"It's a really tense situation here,\" Kelly Larson, a local electrician told KQED's Polly Stryker. \"I'm really worried for everyone's safety.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/02/willits-tree-sitter-warbler-removed-and-arrested-in-highway-101-bypass-protest/willits-bypass-treesitters-being-extracted/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93120\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-93120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/Willits-bypass-treesitters-being-extracted-699x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Police reportedly used a cherry picker to arrest tree sitters. (Kelly Larson)\" width=\"640\" height=\"937\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police reportedly used a cherry picker to arrest tree sitters. (Kelly Larson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two protesters strung lines between trees and suspended themselves in the middle of the lines, where CHP officers in cranes were pointing guns at them, said Larson, who was on site to join the protest. \"It's really crazy.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later officers began cutting the line, forcing the protesters to retreat to a tree where the officers caught them, said Larson. Krul, who said he would not comment on tactics used to remove the protesters, could not be reached later in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other protesters are screened off from the construction site by fences, with about 50 officers \"in full riot gear\" on guard, Larson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93121\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/02/willits-tree-sitter-warbler-removed-and-arrested-in-highway-101-bypass-protest/will-arrested-in-warbler-willits-protest/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93121\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-93121\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/will-arrested-in-warbler-willits-protest-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Police take William Parrish and Sara Grusky into custody. (Steve Berhard/The Willits News)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police take William Parrish and Sara Grusky into custody. (Steve Berhard/The Willits News)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Krul said the CHP gave the tree sitters multiple warnings before deciding to remove them. Warbler, a farmer, demanded that the work halt while Caltrans negotiated an alternative to the bypass. On Thursday she began a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/\">hunger strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pine where Warbler lived was located on the southern outskirts of Willits in Mendocino County and overlooks Highway 101. She, along with the group \u003ca href=\"http://www.savelittlelakevalley.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Save Our Little Lake Valley\u003c/a>, are trying to block the construction of a four-lane, six-mile, $290 million highway bypass around town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans has planned the bypass since 1988 and says it's necessary to allow through traffic to avoid the bottleneck of downtown Willits, where U.S. 101 narrows to two lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie said the trees were in the path of the planned bypass and had to be removed for the project to go forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently traffic slows while passing through Willits, resulting in daily delays of 15 to 20 minutes that can stretch to two hours at busy times, said Frisbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larson said that the opponents had suggested multiple alternatives to the project which will disrupt farms, ranches and wetlands. \"There's a huge amount of environmental destruction that's going on,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frisbie responded that the agency had \u003ca href=\"http://willitsbypass.wordpress.com/\">exhausted the other possibilities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We investigated and eliminated over 30 potential alternatives for this project,\" he said. \"If there was a better, less expensive alternative as these people propose, then we would have gone with that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93123\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/02/willits-tree-sitter-warbler-removed-and-arrested-in-highway-101-bypass-protest/protester-on-the-ground-willits/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93123\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-93123\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/protester-on-the-ground-willits-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"protester on the ground willits\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester lay on the ground after his arrest. (Steve Eberhart/The Willits News)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to speeding traffic, the project will reduce air pollution from diesel trucks which emit more particulates in stop-and-go traffic, Frisbie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since February the CHP has made 16 arrests in the project, said Krul, sometimes arresting the same protester more than once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers charged most, including Warbler, with trespassing, a misdemeanor. Often people arrested on that charge are released the same days as their arrest, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he was not sure what happened to Warbler after officers took her to the Mendocino County jail.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Kelly Larson)\" width=\"640\" height=\"937\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police reportedly used a cherry picker to arrest tree sitters. (Kelly Larson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two protesters strung lines between trees and suspended themselves in the middle of the lines, where CHP officers in cranes were pointing guns at them, said Larson, who was on site to join the protest. \"It's really crazy.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later officers began cutting the line, forcing the protesters to retreat to a tree where the officers caught them, said Larson. Krul, who said he would not comment on tactics used to remove the protesters, could not be reached later in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other protesters are screened off from the construction site by fences, with about 50 officers \"in full riot gear\" on guard, Larson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93121\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/02/willits-tree-sitter-warbler-removed-and-arrested-in-highway-101-bypass-protest/will-arrested-in-warbler-willits-protest/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93121\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-93121\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/will-arrested-in-warbler-willits-protest-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Police take William Parrish and Sara Grusky into custody. (Steve Berhard/The Willits News)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police take William Parrish and Sara Grusky into custody. (Steve Berhard/The Willits News)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Krul said the CHP gave the tree sitters multiple warnings before deciding to remove them. Warbler, a farmer, demanded that the work halt while Caltrans negotiated an alternative to the bypass. On Thursday she began a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/\">hunger strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pine where Warbler lived was located on the southern outskirts of Willits in Mendocino County and overlooks Highway 101. She, along with the group \u003ca href=\"http://www.savelittlelakevalley.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Save Our Little Lake Valley\u003c/a>, are trying to block the construction of a four-lane, six-mile, $290 million highway bypass around town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans has planned the bypass since 1988 and says it's necessary to allow through traffic to avoid the bottleneck of downtown Willits, where U.S. 101 narrows to two lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie said the trees were in the path of the planned bypass and had to be removed for the project to go forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently traffic slows while passing through Willits, resulting in daily delays of 15 to 20 minutes that can stretch to two hours at busy times, said Frisbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larson said that the opponents had suggested multiple alternatives to the project which will disrupt farms, ranches and wetlands. \"There's a huge amount of environmental destruction that's going on,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frisbie responded that the agency had \u003ca href=\"http://willitsbypass.wordpress.com/\">exhausted the other possibilities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We investigated and eliminated over 30 potential alternatives for this project,\" he said. \"If there was a better, less expensive alternative as these people propose, then we would have gone with that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93123\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/02/willits-tree-sitter-warbler-removed-and-arrested-in-highway-101-bypass-protest/protester-on-the-ground-willits/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93123\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-93123\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/protester-on-the-ground-willits-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"protester on the ground willits\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester lay on the ground after his arrest. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>by Deborah Svoboda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92912\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/warbler-begins-hunger-strike/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92912\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92912\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/warbler-begins-hunger-strike-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Warbler announces a hunger strike. (Deborah Svobada/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warbler announces a hunger strike. (Deborah Svobada/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After camping out in a ponderosa pine 71 feet above the ground for two months, \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/12/the-bird-vs-the-bypass-tree-sitter-fights-mendocino-highway-project/\">Warbler\u003c/a>\" has not achieved her goal of blocking a Highway 101 bypass around the Mendocino County town of Willits. Now she is trying a hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday the 24-year-old, whose real name is Amanda Senseman, lowered her remaining bags of food to a waiting police officer who searched the bags and then gave them to protesters at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warbler said she will drink broth for the next two days and then move on to a water-only diet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, she has gained company in the nearby foliage. Two other protesters climbed up into separate trees last week in eastern Willits, and third climbed a tree across the highway from Warbler's late Wednesday night.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the ground, four protesters were arrested on Tuesday for trespassing and blocking work by sitting on a loader, according to Capt. Jim Epperson of the California Highway Patrol in Ukiah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HmC7gu-92so\">video\u003c/a> shows a CHP helicopter circling the tree where Warbler is camped.\u003c/strong>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/HmC7gu-92so\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week 40 to 50 CHP officers took over the area where Warbler has been living. Warbler said they cut her off from activists and supporters, while a local contractor began to remove nearby ground cover and oak trees and started building fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92914\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/warbler-lowers-down-a-bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92914\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92914\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/warbler-lowers-down-a-bucket-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warbler lowers her food in a bucket. (Deborah Svoboda)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warbler lowers her food in a bucket. (Deborah Svoboda)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Following the arrests of eight people last week, a CHP helicopter circled Warbler's tree at the level of her platform. She believed they were taking photos to prepare to force her to come down. \"They were so close, I could have thrown a stone at them,\" Warbler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\"I'm just angry and exhausted from the emotion of it all,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She still has no intention of coming down and said she believes that the CHP is “aiding and abetting Caltrans in a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She listed three demands:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Cease all construction on Caltrans' current Willits Bypass immediately, pending legal resolution.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Allow the public and press to enter the destroyed and disturbed areas to document said destruction and violations of law, nature and common sense.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adopt the least harmful alternatives and appropriately scaled transportation solutions for Willits and the Little Lake Valley.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Epperson said only Caltrans could make such concessions. In the meantime, the police aren't trying to force Warbler out of her tree. \"There's a lot of things we could do, but our plan right now is to keep up negotiations with her,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92917\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/warblers-bucket-received/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92917\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/warblers-bucket-received-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A California Highway Patarol officer receives Warbler's food bucket. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Highway Patarol officer receives Warbler's food bucket. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie said the demands have \"all been addressed many times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He referred readers to \u003ca href=\"http://willitsbypass.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrans' blog \u003c/a>about the project. “We are continuing to press on because of the cost to taxpayers and we believe that we have a project that has been developed lawfully,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tree sitters can descend anytime without fear of prosecution, Frisbie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pine that Warbler lives in is located on the southern outskirts of Willits in Mendocino County and overlooks Highway 101. She, along with the group \u003ca href=\"http://www.savelittlelakevalley.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SOLLV\u003c/a>, are trying to block the construction of a four-lane, six-mile, $290 million highway bypass around town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans has planned the bypass for decades and says it's necessary to allow through traffic to avoid the bottleneck of downtown Willits, where U.S. 101 narrows to two lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warbler took to the ponderosa pine to protest potential environmental damage to the area, including tree removal and disruptions to migratory birds. Wetlands will need to be filled in order to build the bypass, which could have an impact on spawning streams for endangered coho salmon and steelhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans claims that mitigation work funded by the project will more than compensate for any environmental damage.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the ground, four protesters were arrested on Tuesday for trespassing and blocking work by sitting on a loader, according to Capt. Jim Epperson of the California Highway Patrol in Ukiah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HmC7gu-92so\">video\u003c/a> shows a CHP helicopter circling the tree where Warbler is camped.\u003c/strong>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/HmC7gu-92so\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week 40 to 50 CHP officers took over the area where Warbler has been living. Warbler said they cut her off from activists and supporters, while a local contractor began to remove nearby ground cover and oak trees and started building fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92914\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/warbler-lowers-down-a-bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92914\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92914\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/warbler-lowers-down-a-bucket-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warbler lowers her food in a bucket. (Deborah Svoboda)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warbler lowers her food in a bucket. (Deborah Svoboda)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Following the arrests of eight people last week, a CHP helicopter circled Warbler's tree at the level of her platform. She believed they were taking photos to prepare to force her to come down. \"They were so close, I could have thrown a stone at them,\" Warbler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\"I'm just angry and exhausted from the emotion of it all,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She still has no intention of coming down and said she believes that the CHP is “aiding and abetting Caltrans in a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She listed three demands:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Cease all construction on Caltrans' current Willits Bypass immediately, pending legal resolution.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Allow the public and press to enter the destroyed and disturbed areas to document said destruction and violations of law, nature and common sense.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adopt the least harmful alternatives and appropriately scaled transportation solutions for Willits and the Little Lake Valley.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Epperson said only Caltrans could make such concessions. In the meantime, the police aren't trying to force Warbler out of her tree. \"There's a lot of things we could do, but our plan right now is to keep up negotiations with her,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92917\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/after-two-months-camped-in-a-tree-warbler-goes-on-hunger-strike/warblers-bucket-received/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92917\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/warblers-bucket-received-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A California Highway Patarol officer receives Warbler's food bucket. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Highway Patarol officer receives Warbler's food bucket. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie said the demands have \"all been addressed many times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He referred readers to \u003ca href=\"http://willitsbypass.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrans' blog \u003c/a>about the project. “We are continuing to press on because of the cost to taxpayers and we believe that we have a project that has been developed lawfully,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tree sitters can descend anytime without fear of prosecution, Frisbie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pine that Warbler lives in is located on the southern outskirts of Willits in Mendocino County and overlooks Highway 101. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92504\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/26/key-state-report-to-show-how-water-tunnels-will-impact-endangered-fish/deltasmelt-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92504\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/DeltaSmelt-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"How much freshwater does the Delta smelt need? State officials say they'll decide later. (Photo: Lauren Sommer/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much freshwater does the Delta smelt need? State officials say they'll decide later. (Photo: Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This month, new details have emerged about Gov. Jerry Brown’s $23 billion plan to build new plumbing in the \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/what-is-california%E2%80%99s-delta/\">Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta\u003c/a>. It could be the state’s largest water project in a generation, consisting of two massive, 40-foot-wide tunnels and thousands of acres of habitat restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, state water officials will release new studies with environmental details that could determine its fate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analysis is part of a massive document that spells out Brown's Delta plan. Known as the \u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx\">Bay Delta Conservation Plan\u003c/a> (BDCP), it is being released in parts during March and April. The sections released Wednesday outline the Brown administration's predictions about how salmon, smelt and other endangered fish and wildlife in the Delta would be affected if the two massive tunnels are built.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new infrastructure is needed, state officials say, because in the current system, water pumping must be slowed down to protect the Delta's wildlife, affecting the water supply for millions of Californians from the Bay Area to San Diego and for millions of acres of Central Valley farmland, based on the impact on endangered fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year ago, the administration’s first draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan was in trouble, after it showed the tunnels might harm populations of fish. “It did not get a good reception,” said Leo Winternitz of the Nature Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state wildlife agencies \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/23/water-wars-set-to-reignite-as-governor-moves-ahead-with-massive-water-plan/\">pointed to harmful impacts\u003c/a> the project would have on endangered Chinook salmon and Delta smelt. Those agencies – \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/\">California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/\">US Fish and Wildlife Service\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"National%20Marine%20Fisheries%20Service\">National Marine Fisheries Service\u003c/a> – are responsible for permitting the plan. In a document known as the “\u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Files/Effects_Analysis_-_Fish_Agency_Red_Flag_Comments_and_Responses_4-25-12.pdf\">Red Flag Comments\u003c/a>,” they spelled out the problems that could have led to a veto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless the Brown administration can show that the tunnels would help restore the crashing fish populations, the project is very likely doomed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be able to make a finding that the project as a whole is going to contribute to the recovery of the species,” said Carl Wilcox of the Department of Fish and Wildlife at the time. “If the analysis says, well, they’re going to do worse under the plan, we’re not going to be able to permit it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, officials at the Department of Water Resources say they’ve been working hand in hand with wildlife agencies about the concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a plan here that we believe will enjoy a lot of consensus from all of the agencies that worked on it,” said Mark Cowin, director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.water.ca.gov/\">Department of Water Resources\u003c/a>, at the release of the first four chapters of the plan in early March. “It was very difficult to come by and frankly we’re pretty proud of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a first step, Gov. Jerry Brown announced last summer that the size of the proposed tunnels would shrink. The 35-mile tunnels would withdraw water at the north end of the Delta and deliver it south, where it feeds into hundreds of miles of canals that carry water to Southern California, the Central Valley and the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We’ve got a plan here that we believe will enjoy a lot of consensus from all of the agencies that worked on it.\" - Mark Cowin, director of the Department of Water Resources\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The original tunnels had the capacity to carry 10 billion gallons of water over a 24-hour period and had five intake points. The new proposal would have three intakes and could hold close to six billion gallons a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as much as the size of the tunnels has been debated, the amount of water that they’ll carry has been the focus of the environmental community and the water contractors who will pay the construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s All about Freshwater\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some years, more that 50 percent of the Delta’s water is pumped out before it reaches San Francisco Bay, diverted for use in cities and on farms. Many scientists say this has been a major factor causing the decline of Delta smelt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, federal wildlife agencies put new rules in place to protect the three-inch fish, found only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Those rules were quickly the topic of a lawsuit from water agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delta smelt prefer low-salinity water, the mixing zone between freshwater from the rivers and brackish water of San Francisco Bay. \u003ca href=\"http://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/opportunity-to-enhance-delta-smelt-science-scrapped-by-wanger-compromise-part-1/\">This zone, known as X2\u003c/a>, shifts back and forth depending on tides, runoff and water diversions. The more freshwater flowing out of the Delta, the farther this zone is pushed toward the bay. Federal scientists specified that in wet years, the low-salinity zone should be closer to Suisun Bay to create as much habitat as possible for young Delta smelt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another imperiled fish, longfin smelt, also depends on freshwater flows in the spring. “There’s a relationship and it’s a long-established relationship between outflow and longfin smelt abundance,” said Carl Wilcox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife agencies pointed out the first BDCP draft didn’t include these freshwater flow protections. In the plan’s own analysis, smelt species either showed no improvement or even showed a decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Decision Tree\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new proposal now includes freshwater flow requirements in the spring and fall for fish, but they’re part of what’s being called “the decision tree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say that 30,000 acres of tidal marsh habitat will be restored before the new tunnels begin operation – an unprecedented amount for the Delta. “30,000 is a big number,” says Winternitz. “But look at it in context. It used to be 700,000 acres of tidal marsh. We’ve lost 90 percent of that, so 30,000 is a drop in the bucket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That habitat restoration could help Delta smelt and other fish populations come back, something that would be considered in a decade or so as part of the decision tree. If they show substantial improvement, spring and fall flow rules may not be required. If not, they’d be put into place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This postpones the final decision until theoretically we know more about those actions,” said Carl Wilcox, “keeping in mind that for Fall X2, it’s only happened once and there’s an ongoing research program to look at the benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say this will allow them to adaptively manage the ecosystem, while others worry that they’re punting on unpopular decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current proposal for outflow isn’t necessarily woeful deficient, but it’s very deficient,” said Doug Obegi, staff attorney with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/\">Natural Resources Defense Council\u003c/a>. “On spring outflow, the current proposal looks at everything from things being a lot worse than they are today to some relatively minor improvements. It’s really far below what’s needed to restore native fish populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't have any confusion,” said Chuck Bonham, director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Fish need enough water of the right quality at the right time of year, period. And I think this plan reflects that concept. Where there’s still remaining discussion: just precisely how much and when.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision tree will ultimately affect how much water is delivered to users around the state. Early numbers show that between 4.8 million and 5.6 million acre-feet of water would be exported, close the average for the last 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The low end of the range would be the status quo and the high end of the range would dramatically higher exports than today,” says Obegi. “So they’re not even contemplating meaningful reductions in exports that would allow for greater flows into San Francisco Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state will release the final chapters of the draft plan in April, which will include the estimated costs. Another full public draft will be released in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state wildlife agencies \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/23/water-wars-set-to-reignite-as-governor-moves-ahead-with-massive-water-plan/\">pointed to harmful impacts\u003c/a> the project would have on endangered Chinook salmon and Delta smelt. Those agencies – \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/\">California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/\">US Fish and Wildlife Service\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"National%20Marine%20Fisheries%20Service\">National Marine Fisheries Service\u003c/a> – are responsible for permitting the plan. In a document known as the “\u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Files/Effects_Analysis_-_Fish_Agency_Red_Flag_Comments_and_Responses_4-25-12.pdf\">Red Flag Comments\u003c/a>,” they spelled out the problems that could have led to a veto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless the Brown administration can show that the tunnels would help restore the crashing fish populations, the project is very likely doomed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be able to make a finding that the project as a whole is going to contribute to the recovery of the species,” said Carl Wilcox of the Department of Fish and Wildlife at the time. “If the analysis says, well, they’re going to do worse under the plan, we’re not going to be able to permit it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, officials at the Department of Water Resources say they’ve been working hand in hand with wildlife agencies about the concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a plan here that we believe will enjoy a lot of consensus from all of the agencies that worked on it,” said Mark Cowin, director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.water.ca.gov/\">Department of Water Resources\u003c/a>, at the release of the first four chapters of the plan in early March. “It was very difficult to come by and frankly we’re pretty proud of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a first step, Gov. Jerry Brown announced last summer that the size of the proposed tunnels would shrink. The 35-mile tunnels would withdraw water at the north end of the Delta and deliver it south, where it feeds into hundreds of miles of canals that carry water to Southern California, the Central Valley and the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We’ve got a plan here that we believe will enjoy a lot of consensus from all of the agencies that worked on it.\" - Mark Cowin, director of the Department of Water Resources\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The original tunnels had the capacity to carry 10 billion gallons of water over a 24-hour period and had five intake points. The new proposal would have three intakes and could hold close to six billion gallons a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as much as the size of the tunnels has been debated, the amount of water that they’ll carry has been the focus of the environmental community and the water contractors who will pay the construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s All about Freshwater\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some years, more that 50 percent of the Delta’s water is pumped out before it reaches San Francisco Bay, diverted for use in cities and on farms. Many scientists say this has been a major factor causing the decline of Delta smelt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, federal wildlife agencies put new rules in place to protect the three-inch fish, found only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Those rules were quickly the topic of a lawsuit from water agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delta smelt prefer low-salinity water, the mixing zone between freshwater from the rivers and brackish water of San Francisco Bay. \u003ca href=\"http://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/opportunity-to-enhance-delta-smelt-science-scrapped-by-wanger-compromise-part-1/\">This zone, known as X2\u003c/a>, shifts back and forth depending on tides, runoff and water diversions. The more freshwater flowing out of the Delta, the farther this zone is pushed toward the bay. Federal scientists specified that in wet years, the low-salinity zone should be closer to Suisun Bay to create as much habitat as possible for young Delta smelt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another imperiled fish, longfin smelt, also depends on freshwater flows in the spring. “There’s a relationship and it’s a long-established relationship between outflow and longfin smelt abundance,” said Carl Wilcox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife agencies pointed out the first BDCP draft didn’t include these freshwater flow protections. In the plan’s own analysis, smelt species either showed no improvement or even showed a decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Decision Tree\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new proposal now includes freshwater flow requirements in the spring and fall for fish, but they’re part of what’s being called “the decision tree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say that 30,000 acres of tidal marsh habitat will be restored before the new tunnels begin operation – an unprecedented amount for the Delta. “30,000 is a big number,” says Winternitz. “But look at it in context. It used to be 700,000 acres of tidal marsh. We’ve lost 90 percent of that, so 30,000 is a drop in the bucket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That habitat restoration could help Delta smelt and other fish populations come back, something that would be considered in a decade or so as part of the decision tree. If they show substantial improvement, spring and fall flow rules may not be required. If not, they’d be put into place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This postpones the final decision until theoretically we know more about those actions,” said Carl Wilcox, “keeping in mind that for Fall X2, it’s only happened once and there’s an ongoing research program to look at the benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say this will allow them to adaptively manage the ecosystem, while others worry that they’re punting on unpopular decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current proposal for outflow isn’t necessarily woeful deficient, but it’s very deficient,” said Doug Obegi, staff attorney with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/\">Natural Resources Defense Council\u003c/a>. “On spring outflow, the current proposal looks at everything from things being a lot worse than they are today to some relatively minor improvements. It’s really far below what’s needed to restore native fish populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't have any confusion,” said Chuck Bonham, director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Fish need enough water of the right quality at the right time of year, period. And I think this plan reflects that concept. Where there’s still remaining discussion: just precisely how much and when.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision tree will ultimately affect how much water is delivered to users around the state. Early numbers show that between 4.8 million and 5.6 million acre-feet of water would be exported, close the average for the last 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The low end of the range would be the status quo and the high end of the range would dramatically higher exports than today,” says Obegi. “So they’re not even contemplating meaningful reductions in exports that would allow for greater flows into San Francisco Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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(AP) — Over the years, California has added more parks to its state system than it can afford and should consider turning over control of some to local entities, a new report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97351\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/25/report-california-should-give-parks-to-local-control/humboldtstatepark/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97351\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97351\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/humboldtstatepark-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The report released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission identified a number of problems with the park system. It even suggested that tourist favorite Hearst Castle might be better run by an operator such as the Getty Museum that is more versed in protecting the hilltop mansion’s European art collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the outlandish Central Coast home of William Randolph Hearst is a major source of revenue, its upkeep exceeds the income it generates through ticket sales and the cost of needed maintenance is as high as $60 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to take a fresh and rigorous look at the system from top to bottom,” said Stuart Drown, former executive director of the commission, a state oversight agency. “We need a new business model and fresh thinking.”\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the coast to the giant sequoias of the Sierra, the California parks system protects some of the most historic and breathtaking places in the world. For years, the department has allowed millions of dollars in maintenance problems to pile up as it struggled with shrinking budgets and a manager mindset unaccustomed to generating revenue or asking for help, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission began looking at the state park system a year ago. After decades of decreasing funding, a $22 million cut at the time from its $779 million budget threatened the closure of a quarter of the 278 parks in the system. Officials were unable to explain how the parks were chosen or the cost of operating individual sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelations — plus the discovery last year of $54 million hidden from the governor and Legislature in two special funds — damaged the public’s faith in the park system, even as dozens of volunteer groups were scrambling to raise funds and form partnerships to keep them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The old model is obsolete,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>The commission is asking the governor and elected officials to give the parks department the tools, authority and flexibility required to develop a new operating model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s report, “Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California’s State Park System,” is an overview for fixing the problems that have led to the long decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the parks department say the report echoes changes that managers were recently authorized to implement by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are grateful for the positive nature of the report,” said parks spokesman Roy Stearns. “We are committed to an open and transparent process that identifies innovative approaches for managing our state parks system now and for future generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report says the state Department of Parks and Recreation needs more business-minded managers at the regional and local levels and must revamp its historic management tactics, including those focused primarily on promoting law enforcement rangers, if the system is going to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will require adding job classifications that do not yet exist and removing obstacles to promotion so the department can benefit from a broad range of management perspectives,” commission Chairman Daniel W. Hancock wrote in an introductory letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California League of Park Associations, which said it was consulted by the commission, agreed with many of the findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The proposed changes may not be easy for all involved, but we realize that the system as it currently stands is not working,” the group said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the 70 threatened parks have temporary agreements with nonprofit groups that are keeping them open, but the deals will begin expiring next year — the 150th anniversary of Yosemite, the first state park. It was taken over by the federal government after Californians had plowed the valley and built livestock fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have a lot of time,” Drown said. “We’ve blown it before. We had Yosemite and we lost it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission studied structures of park systems in other states and trends in management. The report recommends training for current employees to help them learn to think more creatively. It also recommends hiring people with business experience from outside of state government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also suggests forging more equitable partnerships with nonprofit benefactors such as the arrangements that exist with the National Park Service at Redwood National Park, state parks in Northern California, and regional park districts in Sonoma and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission has faith in Anthony Jackson, a retired Marine Corps major general tapped by Gov. Jerry Brown late last year to turn around the beleaguered department. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission began looking at the state park system a year ago. After decades of decreasing funding, a $22 million cut at the time from its $779 million budget threatened the closure of a quarter of the 278 parks in the system. Officials were unable to explain how the parks were chosen or the cost of operating individual sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelations — plus the discovery last year of $54 million hidden from the governor and Legislature in two special funds — damaged the public’s faith in the park system, even as dozens of volunteer groups were scrambling to raise funds and form partnerships to keep them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The old model is obsolete,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>The commission is asking the governor and elected officials to give the parks department the tools, authority and flexibility required to develop a new operating model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s report, “Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California’s State Park System,” is an overview for fixing the problems that have led to the long decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the parks department say the report echoes changes that managers were recently authorized to implement by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are grateful for the positive nature of the report,” said parks spokesman Roy Stearns. “We are committed to an open and transparent process that identifies innovative approaches for managing our state parks system now and for future generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report says the state Department of Parks and Recreation needs more business-minded managers at the regional and local levels and must revamp its historic management tactics, including those focused primarily on promoting law enforcement rangers, if the system is going to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will require adding job classifications that do not yet exist and removing obstacles to promotion so the department can benefit from a broad range of management perspectives,” commission Chairman Daniel W. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91776\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/19/where-californias-water-future-is-really-being-decided-hint-its-not-about-tunnels/tuolumne_modesto_nws/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91776\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-91776\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/Tuolumne_Modesto_NWS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The state is deciding how much freshwater should flow into the Delta from tributaries like the Tuolumne River. (Photo: NWS)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state is deciding how much freshwater should flow into the Delta from tributaries like the Tuolumne River. (Photo: National Weather Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, all eyes are on Governor Jerry Brown’s \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/15/controversial-california-water-plan-takes-shape/\">$23 billion water plan\u003c/a> – what he’s calling a solution to California’s long-standing battles in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Two massive, 35-mile water tunnels would ensure the water supply for 25 million Californians. More than 100,000 acres of habitat restoration would bring back imperiled fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, a different state agency is quietly taking on a planning process that could have a much larger impact on the state’s water supply and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/bay_delta_plan/water_quality_control_planning/2012_sed/\">State Water Board is making a controversial determination\u003c/a>: is too much water being taken out of the Delta? Over the past 50 years, the Delta has been tapped to meet the needs of a rapidly growing state. Today it supplies cities from Sacramento to the Bay Area and Southern California, as well as millions of acres of farmland in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the State Water Board finds that too little water is being left in the Delta for endangered salmon and other wildlife, the agency has the power to get that water by amending what’s long been considered sacrosanct in the state: water rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many say the Governor’s plan, known as the \u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx\">Bay Delta Conservation Plan\u003c/a> (BDCP), will address key environmental factors like the powerful water pumps in the south Delta that harm fish, the plan won’t address the overall balance of water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water board process is the number one, two and three most important things that could lead to restoration of the Delta,” says Jon Rosenfield of the Bay Institute. “BDCP is a distant fourth or fifth.” \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural River Flows\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The central debate is over the freshwater needed to support fish populations that have declined in recent years, like Chinook salmon. Biologists say the natural river flows they depend on have been dramatically altered by dams and water pumping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the State Water Board is \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/board_info/calendar/index.shtml\">holding a public hearing\u003c/a> looking at the flows of the San Joaquin River, one of two major rivers that meet in the Delta. In December, the agency released a preliminary draft recommending that at least 35 percent of the river be allowed to flow from February to June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=GVIZ&t=LINE&gco_vAxes=%5B%7B%22title%22%3Anull%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C+%22min%22%3Anull%7D%7D%2C%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C+%22min%22%3Anull%7D%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%7D%5D&gco_curveType=&gco_booleanRole=certainty&gco_lineWidth=2&gco_hAxis=%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3Anull%2C+%22viewWindowMode%22%3Anull%7D&gco_legend=right&gco_title=San+Joaquin+River+Flows+(Cubic+Feet+per+Second)&gco_series=%7B%220%22%3A%7B%22lineWidth%22%3A4%7D%2C+%221%22%3A%7B%22lineWidth%22%3A4%2C+%22color%22%3A%22%23ff9900%22%7D%2C+%222%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ff0000%22%2C+%22lineWidth%22%3A4%7D%7D&containerId=gviz_canvas&isXyPlot=true&q=select+col0%2C+col1%2C+col2%2C+col3+from+163JYJuFSybHi98niaYT9mJu_85zk00gJtQyKZ1o&qrs=+where+col0+%3E%3D+&qre=+and+col0+%3C%3D+&qe=+order+by+col0+asc+limit+45&width=650&height=400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s closer to natural flow than the current flow regime,” said Les Grober of the State Water Board. “The current regime is: store as much water as possible during the spring months and keep it in storage for release in the summer for agriculture and hydropower.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, the San Joaquin runs with only about 30 percent of its natural flow, though it varies from year to year. The new requirements would largely affect two of the tributaries that feed the San Joaquin, the Merced and Tuolumne rivers, which currently have spring flows of about 20 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, the State Water Board released a report recommending that at least 60 percent of the river be allowed to flow, looking solely at wildlife protection. The agency arrived at the current recommendation of 35 percent by including the needs of water users and agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our role is to develop water quality objectives that provide for the reasonable protection, not the absolute protection [of fish],” said Grober. “Reasonable means you have to look at the water supply costs of providing some level of protection to fish. We talk about balancing the competing uses of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board will set flow levels for the rest of the Delta, including the Sacramento River, in the next phase of the process. After staff recommendations are made, board members will look at the water rights to determine where the extra water will come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Criticism from Both Sides\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Board’s proposal is getting heat from both sides of the debate – wildlife groups and farming communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Obviously a third of a river is not a whole river, or even half a river.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“What it means is very little change from the status quo,” said Rosenfield of the Bay Institute. “Obviously a third of a river is not a whole river, or even half a river. It means that less water is making it to the Delta than needs to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosenfield and other environmentalists argue that spring flows are crucial to the Delta’s ecosystem. “Juvenile Chinook salmon are migrating out of the rivers and into the Delta and so freshwater flows are helping them do that,” said Rosenfield. “In the Delta itself, Delta smelt and longfin smelt are spawning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going to lose a lot of land to fallowing,” said Allen Short of the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority, a group representing major water districts that use the San Joaquin River. “The economy is going to spiral downwards because you’re going to lose jobs and you’re going to lose the agricultural base.” The State Water Board estimates a 7 percent reduction in irrigated acreage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water districts argue that the invasive species that prey on young salmon, like striped bass and largemouth bass, are a larger threat. “We don’t believe additional flows are going to make a difference in increasing the fish population,” said Short. “You need to fix the other stressors in the Delta and the San Joaquin before you require additional flows to go down the river.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short would like to see programs that encourage more bass fishing. “Instead of catch and release, catch and eat,” he said. “The idea is to drive the population down so our fish have a better chance of coming back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosenfield says some of the economic costs will be offset. “I think the cries that ‘the sky is falling’ is hyperbole in the extreme,” he said. “We have a river that used to be one of great Chinook salmon rivers in the world and if it was even marginally restored, it could support another 100,000 salmon per year. That could be a great boon to our fishing economy up the coast all the way to Oregon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Battles to Come\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many expect a bitter fight even before the State Water Board begins looking at water rights. Major water districts, including the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, have pledged to fight any increases in river flow. Even San Francisco could be involved, since the city depends on water from the Tuolumne River. “If additional flows are required, San Francisco does have skin in the game at that point,” says Short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Water Board staffers say they’ll be working closely with the state agencies developing the Governor’s water plan. Ultimately, that plan won’t move ahead without approval from the Water Board. In the meantime, the board will continue the contentious process of dividing up California’s water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the crux of what’s important to all people in the state of California: how we value water and how do we think water should be used?” Grober said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91776\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/19/where-californias-water-future-is-really-being-decided-hint-its-not-about-tunnels/tuolumne_modesto_nws/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91776\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-91776\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/Tuolumne_Modesto_NWS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The state is deciding how much freshwater should flow into the Delta from tributaries like the Tuolumne River. (Photo: NWS)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state is deciding how much freshwater should flow into the Delta from tributaries like the Tuolumne River. (Photo: National Weather Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, all eyes are on Governor Jerry Brown’s \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/15/controversial-california-water-plan-takes-shape/\">$23 billion water plan\u003c/a> – what he’s calling a solution to California’s long-standing battles in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Two massive, 35-mile water tunnels would ensure the water supply for 25 million Californians. More than 100,000 acres of habitat restoration would bring back imperiled fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, a different state agency is quietly taking on a planning process that could have a much larger impact on the state’s water supply and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/bay_delta_plan/water_quality_control_planning/2012_sed/\">State Water Board is making a controversial determination\u003c/a>: is too much water being taken out of the Delta? Over the past 50 years, the Delta has been tapped to meet the needs of a rapidly growing state. Today it supplies cities from Sacramento to the Bay Area and Southern California, as well as millions of acres of farmland in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the State Water Board finds that too little water is being left in the Delta for endangered salmon and other wildlife, the agency has the power to get that water by amending what’s long been considered sacrosanct in the state: water rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many say the Governor’s plan, known as the \u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx\">Bay Delta Conservation Plan\u003c/a> (BDCP), will address key environmental factors like the powerful water pumps in the south Delta that harm fish, the plan won’t address the overall balance of water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In December, the agency released a preliminary draft recommending that at least 35 percent of the river be allowed to flow from February to June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=GVIZ&t=LINE&gco_vAxes=%5B%7B%22title%22%3Anull%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C+%22min%22%3Anull%7D%7D%2C%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C+%22min%22%3Anull%7D%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%7D%5D&gco_curveType=&gco_booleanRole=certainty&gco_lineWidth=2&gco_hAxis=%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C+%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22maxValue%22%3Anull%2C+%22viewWindow%22%3Anull%2C+%22viewWindowMode%22%3Anull%7D&gco_legend=right&gco_title=San+Joaquin+River+Flows+(Cubic+Feet+per+Second)&gco_series=%7B%220%22%3A%7B%22lineWidth%22%3A4%7D%2C+%221%22%3A%7B%22lineWidth%22%3A4%2C+%22color%22%3A%22%23ff9900%22%7D%2C+%222%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ff0000%22%2C+%22lineWidth%22%3A4%7D%7D&containerId=gviz_canvas&isXyPlot=true&q=select+col0%2C+col1%2C+col2%2C+col3+from+163JYJuFSybHi98niaYT9mJu_85zk00gJtQyKZ1o&qrs=+where+col0+%3E%3D+&qre=+and+col0+%3C%3D+&qe=+order+by+col0+asc+limit+45&width=650&height=400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s closer to natural flow than the current flow regime,” said Les Grober of the State Water Board. “The current regime is: store as much water as possible during the spring months and keep it in storage for release in the summer for agriculture and hydropower.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, the San Joaquin runs with only about 30 percent of its natural flow, though it varies from year to year. The new requirements would largely affect two of the tributaries that feed the San Joaquin, the Merced and Tuolumne rivers, which currently have spring flows of about 20 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, the State Water Board released a report recommending that at least 60 percent of the river be allowed to flow, looking solely at wildlife protection. The agency arrived at the current recommendation of 35 percent by including the needs of water users and agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our role is to develop water quality objectives that provide for the reasonable protection, not the absolute protection [of fish],” said Grober. “Reasonable means you have to look at the water supply costs of providing some level of protection to fish. We talk about balancing the competing uses of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board will set flow levels for the rest of the Delta, including the Sacramento River, in the next phase of the process. After staff recommendations are made, board members will look at the water rights to determine where the extra water will come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Criticism from Both Sides\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Board’s proposal is getting heat from both sides of the debate – wildlife groups and farming communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Obviously a third of a river is not a whole river, or even half a river.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“What it means is very little change from the status quo,” said Rosenfield of the Bay Institute. “Obviously a third of a river is not a whole river, or even half a river. 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"disqusTitle": "Get Ready, Bay Area: BART Launching Rush-Hour Bike Trial",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003c/em>You could call it BART's Great Rush-Hour Bike Experiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For five days starting Monday, the transit agency will be open to bikes on all lines, all day long. It's a long way from the days when to ride on BART, cyclists had to go down and apply in person for a permit at the Lake Merritt Station--but only during certain hours. When you paid your fee, you got a little green BART bike permit. To ride a train, you had to show the permit to the station agent before you went through the fare gates. And it seemed like the agents would always find a reason to bark at you about something: \"Use the stairs! Not the escalator!\" Oh, yeah—those were the days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system has become much friendlier to cyclists since then. No permits, no fees, no scoldings from the agents. And next week's rush-hour bike trial aims to answer questions about what will happen if cyclists can get on any train any time they want, even when BART is crammed with commuters. Not to get too carried away, the rush-hour bike trial \u003cem>will\u003c/em> have some rules. Perhaps most important: no bikes in the first \u003cem>three\u003c/em> cars of a train during the heaviest commute hours (the usual rule is the lead car is off-limits on all trains).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91541\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/bikesonbart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-91541\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/bikesonbart-300x225.jpg\" alt='A bicyclist during the first \"bikes on BART\" trial program on Aug. 10, 2012. 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A bike's an ideal way to do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transit system has been upgrading train cars to create more space for bikes and their owners.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition\u003c/a> Director Leah Shahum said her organization is putting boots on the ground to guide cyclists to the proper train cars and make the week go as smoothly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will literally have hundreds of people who are volunteering their time to help make this program a success,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART Riders Weigh in on the Pilot Program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Smith avoids running afoul of commuter-period restrictions by bringing a folding bike on BART, which he takes every weekday to and from his home in Lafayette.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that it's so busy, a lot of these maximal commute hours, that it'd be tough to bring on a full-size bike,\" Smith said. \"So, I would rather people just get folding bikes and tuck them away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occasional BART rider and Hayward resident Karen Bauermeister said she's not opposed to the pilot program, but she thinks BART can improve to accommodate all passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It could be made more realistic in offering real solutions around getting on and off and where to put your bike when you're on the train,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burlingame resident Ryan Hanke got stuck with his bike at Powell Street Station in San Francisco on March 14, during the no-bikes afternoon rush. 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You’re not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As more and more wild creatures set up housekeeping in Bay Area cities and suburbs, some residents are getting tired of squirrels eating their bird food. They’re furious when raccoons battle their dogs, sad when their roses disappear down a deer’s gullet, and disgusted when fowl foul the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some wild urban creatures look like they might be good for dinner. Several readers of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/what-to-do-if-you-are-attacked-by-a-wild-turkey-a-bay-area-problem/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our recent post\u003c/a> on how to respond to aggressive turkeys suggested taking matters into your own hands. But if you’re searching in the basement for your grandfather’s shotgun, stop right there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the critters that annoy us the most are protected by one statute or another, especially within city limits.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, it’s illegal to discharge a firearm or projectile weapon in most urban areas except in very specific instances, such as an immediate threat to personal safety. It’s unlikely a pecking fowl would qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would not encourage anyone to engage a turkey with a firearm in our city limits,” says San Francisco police spokesman Gordon Shyy. You’d probably have to be cornered by a bear or mountain lion to claim self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland and San Jose have similarly strict laws with few exceptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s municipal code appears to leave the largest loophole, \u003ca href=\"http://codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/cgi/NewSmartCompile.pl?path=Berkeley13/Berkeley1372/Berkeley1372.html#13.72.020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an exemption\u003c/a> for “persons using firearms for the purpose of destroying noxious animals upon land owned or occupied by them.” Berkeley officials confirm the law is on the books, but they refused to offer an example of when it might apply, or even a definition of “noxious.” (The law in Berkeley might be trumped by the state Fish and Game Code, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fgc&group=02001-03000&file=3000-3012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohibits\u003c/a> discharging firearms within 150 yards of an occupied building.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of cities other than Berkeley may wonder if they’d be allowed to kill animal intruders with their bare hands, or perhaps tilt the scale slightly with a tire iron or shovel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Probably not. It’s illegal to kill \u003ca href=\"http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/mammalregs.aspx#250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certain animals\u003c/a> that have a legal status, regardless of whether or not a gun is used. Animals like deer, mountain lions, gray squirrels, bears and turkeys, to name a few, are \u003ca href=\"http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/mammalregs.aspx#310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game animals\u003c/a> and thus require a permit to hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distressed citizens can request a depredation permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which also requires contracting a licensed wildlife control operator who must act as the property owner’s agent. Once the permit and wildlife person are in place, the target animal must be euthanized (because problem critters won’t be relocated), and no one’s allowed to eat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no early turkey dinner,” said Conrad Jones, a CDFW scientist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may legally kill mice or rats by any means necessary. Just don’t use \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Toxic-rats-mice-spur-rodenticide-battle-4153464.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certain pesticides\u003c/a> that are likely to cause ecological damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raccoons—those lovable, intelligent garbage bandits—present an interesting legal quandary for the potentially murderous homeowner. Technically, “you do not need a permit to dispatch them if you are suffering damage,” Jones said. But you might find yourself arrested for poaching a fur-bearing animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what can you do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Don’t feed them directly, and don’t feed your pets outdoors. The more the wild animals get, the more they’ll demand. (If you actually want to help the wild animals, consult \u003ca href=\"http://yuwr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue\u003c/a>.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Secure your garbage cans and cat doors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pick up fallen fruit.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Build good fences.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If confronted, make noise or spray water.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If that doesn’t do the trick, contact the Department of Fish and Wildlife, your local animal control office or a licensed pest control service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For more detailed recommendations on a variety of species, visit this CDFW \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/LivingWithWildlife/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource page\u003c/a>, or read these \u003ca href=\"http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PDF/PESTNOTES/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed documents\u003c/a> from the UC-Davis.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, get yourself a pair of binoculars and perhaps a telephoto lens. Some of these critters are downright fun to watch. Like this turkey in North Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-92jQGHgc]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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If you’re a healthy-living type, your home-buyer happiness may be gone in a puff of smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now California Assemblyman Mark Levine, D-Marin, is trying to address that problem with a statewide ban on smoking in multiunit housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What would the bill do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_746&sess=CUR&house=B&author=levine\">AB 746, \u003c/a>currently in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, would ban smoking in “any residential property containing two or more units with one or more shared walls, floors, ceilings, or ventilation systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be one of the toughest smoking laws in the country, and affect some 12 million Californians, Michael Krasny explained on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201303130900\">Forum\u003c/a> Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why is the bill being proposed?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we sent our children to school, we send them to a smoke-free environment,” said Levine on the show. “When we go to work we have protections because of state law to work in a smoke-free environment. 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