Hey Vern. Insightful info retrospective. Many holes however, and a bit nostalgic about what happened. One big correction is there…
Thank you for this excellent article.
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As a point of reference, this is who executive vice president of the DPOC and chair of the OC human…
Water Archive
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Metropolitan/Municipal Water District or MAGA Water District? Still No Answers.
Posted on March 23, 2026 | 1 CommentJohn Earl still asking questions at our Water Boards. -
Municipal Water District of OC, or MAGA Water District of OC? Good question…
Posted on January 20, 2026 | 3 CommentsWhy does a local water board celebrate the deputy director of ICE?? -
John Earl: “We the People in Order to Form a More Perfect Water District…”
Posted on November 29, 2025 | 1 CommentThe Water-Wars journalist urges us to fight the Goat-Fuhrer Trump starting with our local water boards. -
DEFEATING THE FASCIST BEAST: A California Perspective.
Posted on February 1, 2025 | No CommentsJohn Earl's latest project. Count us in! -
Erin Brockovich praises Yorba Linda’s new Water Treatment Plant.
Posted on September 29, 2024 | 2 CommentsGood job Yorba Linda Water District! -
John Earl: Can San Diego (Carlsbad) get rid of THEIR Poseidon Albatross?
Posted on July 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsThere but for the grace of the Coastal Commission (and decades of activism) goes Orange County. -
RIP Kelly Rowe: a Water Board Director who Stood Out from the Herd.
Posted on January 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsRare honest water board member! -
John Earl on the Spectacular Self-Degradation of “Environmentalist” Barbara Boxer.
Posted on November 26, 2023 | 5 CommentsReal shame, that. -
Getting Hosed pt 3: You Can’t Change the Climate “with Dance, Libation or Prayer.”
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 2 CommentsBack at the roots of our unwise water policies, there was a wise critic - John Wesley Powell. -
Getting Hosed in search of SoCal’s Mythical Garden, pt 2: The Great Thirst.
Posted on July 4, 2023 | No CommentsThe first addition to California's natural water supply portfolio reminds us how it all got started. -
How Ratepayers got hosed in the search for SoCal’s Mythical Gardens. Pt 1: Barbre’s Greed.
Posted on June 30, 2023 | 3 Comments'They're going to have to pry the hose out of my cold dead fingers' - Brett Barbre, MWDOC -
Gavin Newsom’s ‘Culture of Distrust’ revealed by his former Water Conservation Manager.
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 2 CommentsImportant interview by John Earl of SoCal Water Wars! -
Conner Everts: After the Winter’s Magnificent Snowpacks
Posted on April 26, 2023 | 1 Comment... greedy short-sighted water policy makers are likely to do all the wrong things again. -
“No water left to conserve!” and other profiteer myths debunked.
Posted on November 26, 2022 | 17 CommentsJohn Earl writes: Conservation means much more water for much less money if we treat it as a new source and get real about future demand.
Maybe I should have written this piece more clearly and aggressively. The day after I publish it, Jessica Guerrero puts…