by News Staff | Jun 21, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Just before Inyo’s Board of Supervisors approved the settlement agreement with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over wells and mitigation in the Five Bridges area, Supervisor Matt Kingsley admitted there were “subtleties in this agreement.” That...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Letter submitted by: Daniel Pritchett Bishop Mike Prather’s June 11, 2018, letter to Sierra Wave regarding DWP’s latest outrage invites comment. Here are two. Mike Prather posed the question, “Why would Los Angeles do this?” i.e. dry up 6000 irrigated acres in Mono...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County Water Department and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have reached an agreement on the pumping test of Well 385 in the Five Bridges area. Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will approve, or not, that agreement. The agreement...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Response to KSRW’s May 31 article entitled ‘LADWP offers update on status commercial ranch leases in Mono.’ By Michael Prather The current question in the Eastern Sierra is, “Should the City of Los Angeles dry up LADWP grazing leases in the Crowley Lake area of Mono...
by News Staff | Jun 1, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy For a brief time, members of the Standing Committee seemed to be on the same page despite disagreements on specific issues. If that was indeed an era of good will, it’s gone, replaced by what looked like dueling agencies. Example: Inyo Water Commission...
