good evening. i m belva davis. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on the panel on kathryn baron, senior reporter with edsource. josh richman, political reporter for bay area news group and lauren sommer. kqed quest source. lauren, is this a new idea? this is not a new idea. what the governor proposed was a major water infrastructure project for the sacramento and san juaquin delta. it is not that far off what he proposed. since then, the water battles have been going. the reason for that is the delta is hugely important to the california water supply. water from there goes hundreds of miles in the state. it goes to southern california, it goes to silicon valley, and it goes to central valley farms. what happened in the last ten years is a major ecological crash in the delta. endangered salmon. the biologists point to the water. they are powerful. they reverse the flow of the river. what has happened is there are rules in place to slow the pumping duri
josh richman, political reporter for bay area news group and lauren sommer. kqed quest source. lauren, is this a new idea? this is not a new idea. what the governor proposed was a major water infrastructure project for the sacramento and san juaquin delta. it is not that far off what he proposed. since then, the water battles have been going. the reason for that is the delta is hugely important to the california water supply. water from there goes hundreds of miles in the state. it goes to southern california, it goes to silicon valley, and it goes to central valley farms. what happened in the last ten years is a major ecological crash in the delta. endangered salmon. the biologists point to the water. they are powerful. they reverse the flow of the river. what has happened is there are rules in place to slow the pumping during certain times of year. that has not been a popular decision, obviously, with farmers in the state. there has been lawsuits. now the governor is prop
josh richman, political reporter for bay area news group and lauren sommer. kqed quest source. lauren, is this a new idea? this is not a new idea. what the governor proposed was a major water infrastructure project for the sacramento and san juaquin delta. it is not that far off what he proposed. since then, the water battles have been going. the reason for that is the delta is hugely important to the california water supply. water from there goes hundreds of miles in the state. it goes to southern california, it goes to silicon valley, and it goes to central valley farms. what happened in the last ten years is a major ecological crash in the delta. endangered salmon. the biologists point to the water. they are powerful. they reverse the flow of the river. what has happened is there are rules in place to slow the pumping during certain times of year. that has not been a popular decision, obviously, with farmers in the state. there has been lawsuits. now the governor is prop
parks open past the original july 1st deadline. the need for a long-term funding solution remains. coming up next. good evening. i m belva davis. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me tonight on the panel are, paul rogers, san jose news environment writer, and josh richm richman. we start with a look at thursday s highly anticipated ruling by the u.s. supreme court upholding key provisions of the affordable care act. how does the decision impact california where reform is already under way? we love obama care! the constitution does not allow a mandate. the ruling supplies many who had anticipated the court might strike down the individual mandate requiring most americans to purchase coverage. it came as welcome news to many health care officials here in california, home to an estimated 7 million uninsured. we have to brush your teeth. the state has already passed legislation to guarantee children with pre-existing medical conditions and young a
parks open past the original july 1st deadline. the need for a long-term funding solution remains. coming up next. good evening. i m belva davis. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me tonight on the panel are, paul rogers, san jose news environment writer, and josh richm richman. we start with a look at thursday s highly anticipated ruling by the u.s. supreme court upholdipr key provisions of the affordable care act. how does the decision impact california where reform is already under way? we love obama care! the constitution does not allow a mandate. the ruling supplies many who had anticipated the court might strike down the individual mandate requiring most americans to purchase coverage. it came as welcome news to many health care officials here in california, home to an estimated 7 million uninsured. we have to brush your teeth. the state has already passed legislation to guarantee children with pre-existing medical conditions and young a