It has long been my intention and my privilege to spend my life in public service.  My bio shows a good deal about how I went about that, but there is still much to do.  I hope that you will enjoy the website.  Thanks for visiting. 

 

Most recent essays:

Water, Water Everywhere IV: The Bond That Ties
by Sheila Kuehl
January 19, 2010

This is the fourth in a series of four essays describing the five separate pieces of water legislation passed by the California legislature in late 2009 and signed by the Governor.  In total, the legislation amended the oversight structure of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, extended water conservation mandates, set up some groundwater measurement procedures, amended penalties for illegal diversion of water, authorized the use of funds from a past water bond and set up a new bond for voter approval next year.

In the first essay, I provided an overview of some of the problems created by the legislation, and described the bill affecting the monitoring of groundwater.  In the second, I described the central role of the Delta and the bill that crafted a new governance and oversight structure.  In the third, I described the contents of a bill dealing with water rights, penalties for illegal diversion of water and expenditures authorized from an existing bond, and a second bill dealing with urban water conservation.
    
In this fourth, and last, essay, I analyze the proposed 11.14 billion dollar bond to be placed on the November 2, 2010 ballot.

Water, Water Everywhere III: A Diversion
by Sheila Kuehl
December 4, 2009

This is the third in a series of four essays describing the five separate pieces of water legislation recently passed by the California legislature and signed by the Governor.  In total, the legislation amended the oversight structure of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, extended water conservation mandates, set up some groundwater measurement procedures, amended penalties for illegal diversion of water, authorized the use of funds from a past water bond and set up a new bond for voter approval next year.

In the first essay, I provided an overview of some of the problems created by the legislation, and described the bill affecting the monitoring of groundwater.  In the second, I described the central role of the Delta and the bill that crafted a new governance and oversight structure.

This essay presents two more bills: one dealing with water rights, penalties for illegal diversion of water and expenditures authorized from an existing bond, and one dealing with urban water conservation.  In the fourth, and last, essay, I will present and analyze the proposed 11.14 billion dollar bond to be placed on the November 2, 2010 ballot.

Water, Water Everywhere II: What the Heck is a Delta?
by Sheila Kuehl
November 23, 2009

This is the second in what was going to be a series of three essays, but will now be four (could have been fifty, given the complexity of water politics in California), describing the five separate pieces of water legislation recently passed by the California legislature and signed by the Governor.  In total, the legislation amended the oversight structure of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, extended water conservation mandates, set up some groundwater measurement procedures, authorized the use of funds from a past water bond and set up a new bond for voter approval next year.

Water, Water, Everywhere, But Now We Stop and Think
by Sheila Kuehl
November 19, 2009

This is the first in a series of four essays describing the five separate pieces of water legislation recently passed by the California legislature and signed, in many public events, by the Governor.  In total, the legislation amended the oversight structure of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, extended water conservation mandates, set up some groundwater measurement procedures, authorized the use of funds from a past water bond and set up a new bond for voter approval next year.

In this essay, I provide an overview of some of the problems created by the legislation, and describe the bill affecting the monitoring of groundwater.  In the next essay, I will describe the bill related to the Delta governance structure.  In the third, I cover water rights and expenditures authorized from an existing bond.  In the fourth essay, I will present and analyze the proposed 11.14 billion dollar bond to be placed on the November 2, 2010 ballot.