Public Hearing on Pardee Expansion (updated)

East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has announced it will hold another foothill public hearing on a plan to expand Pardee Reservoir. The hearing will be on Monday, March 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in San Andreas at the San Andreas Town Hall.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. the Amador Co. Board [...]

Assemblymember Alyson Huber to Hold Town Hall in Jackson on April 1st

Assemblymember Alyson Huber invites all residents of Amador to join her at a town hall meeting at the Board of Supervisors Chambers in Jackson on April 1.
Alyson hopes residents will come to hear about what’s happening in the Capitol, her ideas for the district and what resources she can offer to residents, as well as [...]

Huber Votes to Extend Assistance to Unemployed Californians

Legislation Uses Federal Funds to Increase Unemployment Benefits and Expand Eligibility
Facing a record unemployment rate of 10.5% statewide and as high as 11.7% in communities she represents, Assemblymember Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills) today voted to make California eligible for up to $3 billion in one-time federal unemployment insurance funds available as part of the [...]

Random Thoughts on the Mokelumne River

Katherine Evatt has a post over at her Random Amador Thoughts blog on the East Bay MUD meeting held last week. There are also links to Ledger-Dispatch articles.
Last week’s meeting drew about 150 people to the small board room at the Amador Water Agency headquarters.

Save the Mokelumne River

The East Bay Municipal Utility District has released the draft environmental impact report for its 2040 Water Supply Management Plan. The plan includes expanding Pardee Reservoir. The reservoir would be enlarged by more than 1,200 acres, destroying miles of the Mokelumne River and inundating the historic Middle Bar Bridge.
To find out more about EBMUD’s plan [...]