In its ongoing commitment to ensure fairness for California’s water right holders, Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) proactively engaged the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board).
The below letter details BBID’s efforts to ensure the proper implementation of Assembly Bill 747, which establishes a neutral Administrative Hearings Office to adjudicate complex water rights matters.
SWRCB Esquivel_AB747 Hearing Officer_060319Today, the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) called for state lawmakers to take action to amend SB1, proposed legislation the District believes is “over-broad, duplicative and unworkable.” Read the full letter below.
BBID SB 1 – Oppose Unless Amended (4.16.19)On Wednesday, Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) expressed its support for an amended version of SB 454, part of the District’s ongoing efforts to ensure fairness for California’s water rights holders. Read the full letter below.
BBID SB 454 Support Letter (4.17.19)2The Byron-Bethany Irrigation District issued the following letter, urging support for backfill funding for Paradise Irrigation District (PID). The one-time appropriation is necessary to keep PID operating while Paradise recovers and rebuilds from the November 2018 Camp Fire.
Today, the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) joined other local water agencies, calling on newly-elected U.S. Representative Josh Harder (D-Turlock) to pursue a seat on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
The full letter is below.
Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) issued the following comment letter on California WaterFix, identifying “several elements” of the project’s design that “fail to analyze impacts to BBID, and for which mitigation is lacking or unclear.”
Read the full letter below.
09142018 BBID Comments re CWF Supplemental EIR_EIS (00040343xD2C75)
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The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) today provided the following response regarding potential changes to the Endangered Species Act. Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) is a member agency of the SLDMWA.
2018-09-24 SLDMWA Comments on Revisions to ESA RegulationsOn Wednesday, Byron-Bethany Irrigation District issued the following support letter to Governor Brown, urging him to sign AB 747, historic water rights legislation that restores fairness and due process for California’s water right holders.
BBID Sign AB 747 Support Letter_2On Tuesday, Byron-Bethany Irrigation District issued the following letter of support for Assembly Bill 747, legislation that would provide due process and fairness currently lacking for California’s water rights holders.
BBID AB 747 Support LetterOn Friday, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Chair Felicia Marcus issued a formal response to a letter sent last month by Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID).
As part of the District’s efforts to fairly and efficiently resolve landmark water rights litigation, BBID issued the letter, which references ongoing legal action that BBID and other petitioners are engaged in against the SWRCB in Santa Clara County.
Read more about the case here and here.
The SWRCB’s response is below.
8.10.18 FM Response Ltr BBID