Wildfire Season
The wildfire season seems endless. It starts earlier in the year and ends later. Practically, it’s morphed into a year-round phenomenon. CALFIRE already lists 13 […]
Articles by Valerie Nera
It’s a Little Dry
According to most weather forecasters, this fall has been a little dry so far. It’s not time to panic, but it is time to take […]
A Not So New State Department
With the stroke of his pen, Governor Newsom morphed the Department of Business Oversight (DBO) into the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) with […]
A Permit Quagmire
How long should a permit renewal take? Not a new permit, but a renewal. Three days if your renewal permit is for a desalination plant […]
Water Supply Conditions
It looks like California is headed for a long dry summer. It’s not unusual for temperatures to reach 110 degrees during the summer months in […]