Letters to the Editor: State must reform water rights system
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Visitors explore the shoreline of Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California, on Thurs. July 28, 2016. Mountain Tunnel, a key piece of the Hetch Hetchy water system is at risk of collapse, so this summer, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is preparing to repair the 19-mile-long tunnel just outside of Yosemite in a steep, hard-to-access wilderness area.Michael Macor/The Chronicle
People need fish and clean water, not carpools. It is time to reform our water rights system. Recent articles in this paper have discussed the drought and proposals for actions such as trucking hatchery salmon. Discussions of real solutions, such as reassessing water rights for large farms, which use 80% of the state’s water but export crops, are not discussed.
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Urban Walkability Gains a Foothold in the U.S.
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The 15-Minute City, an urban concept in which all basic needs can be satisfied with a 15-minute walk or bike ride, is catching on in the U.S. as an indirect reaction to the pandemic.
May 5, 2021
Jake Poznak, co-owner of Moonrise Izakaya, a Japanese restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, could have easily been a statistic of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the National Restaurant Association, more than 100,000 restaurateurs across the country had to close their businesses because of the pandemic. After the first wave, when restaurants began to reopen, the city helped restaurants build outdoor dining enclosures that take up spots on the street otherwise reserved for parked cars. Expanded outdoor dining in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a lifeline for Poznak, the business, and the vibrancy of the neighborhood.
In the yellow tier, Los Angeles and San Francisco counties can throw their economic doors farther open than has been permitted since March 2020.
Pedestrians walk through Los Angeles’ Chinatown on the same day the state announced the county will enter the least restrictive health tier since the Covid-19 pandemic began. (Courthouse News/ Nathan Solis)
LOS ANGELES (CN) The rate of new Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties dropped below an important threshold Tuesday, allowing them to enter the least restrictive health tier under the state’s guidelines.
Officials in both counties say new health orders allowing more businesses to reopen will take effect starting Thursday the largest reopening of their economies since the pandemic began.