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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. 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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. 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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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"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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So gauging rider feedback on attitudes towards bicyclists trying to squeeze into standing-room-only train cars during rush hour will be a key measure of success, and BART will ask passengers to take a survey (on the agency's \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130306.aspx\">website\u003c/a>)about their experience during the pilot week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART ran a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/15/should-bart-end-its-commuter-hour-blackout-for-bikes/\">similar test\u003c/a> allowing bikes on trains during rush hour during Fridays last August, and said feedback was 90 percent positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART Bike Program Manager Steve Beroldo says the system has practical reasons to encourage more biking to and from stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know our ridership's going to be increasing in the future, and our parking lots are full,\" Beroldo said. \"Folks are going to need a way to get to BART. 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. He's for lifting the commute time bike restrictions, for obvious reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm just trying to find a way home,\" Hanke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of people need to get to work, and a lot of people, after they get off at their station, need to go really, really far afterwards,\" Hanke said. \"Biking is pretty much one of my only ways around besides that [the train], so I really need it. I'm pretty sure other people do too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanke eventually left the station after realizing he still had more than 30 minutes to wait. He was thinking of Caltrain or a bus to make his way back home.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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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. 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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. 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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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He cited a poll by the American Lung Association showing that 82% of California renters would prefer to live in an apartment complex where they don’t have to breathe second-hand smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law is consistent with others on the books, such as those that restrict playing loud music late at night, or smoking in a car with a baby, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who opposes it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is raising concerns not only among smokers but also among landlords who fear they will be liable for renting to smokers, said Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for the California Apartment Association. “We can’t enter the unit without the tenants’ agreement,” she said. “But at the same time it tells landlords you are responsible for the actions of your tenants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Apartment Association acknowledges that second-hand smoke is a problem and has not officially opposed the bill, but wants closer scrutiny of its implications. “We want to make sure we do this right in not putting people out in the streets, but at the same time we’re not harming the tenants next door who don’t want to breathe second-hand smoke,” said Carlton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would it be enforced?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One caller to the show, Ned, saw the bill as an invasion of privacy: “Are we going to put cameras in people’s homes to make sure they’re not smoking? 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Now she rents out four guest cottages. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray says Marin County promotes tourism without opening up to big chains. She says that helps residents and also maintains the area's character. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve managed to do that with small hospitality places that will welcome a family or three or four guests at a time,” says Gray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few locals did say the visitors are a double-edged sword. 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