Despite running an aggressive negative campaign, with the adjournment of the California Legislature on September 16, 2017, opponents of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project failed to secure passage this year of Assembly Bill (AB) 1000, a bill introduced in July 2017...
By Scott Slater, President & CEO, Cadiz Inc. KCET.org 9-15-17 California has always stood apart from the rest of the nation. As the sixth-largest economy in the world, our state has led the conversation on issues ranging from advancing social justice to fighting climate change. And, on no...
California Assembly Bill (AB) 1000 is a “gut and amend” bill introduced outside of the normal legislative process that would create a secondary, undefined environmental review for water conveyance projects in the Mojave Desert, including the Cadiz Water Project. Ironically, in the name of environmental...
US Department of the Interior Publishes New Opinion on the Scope of Railroad Rights-of-Way issued under 1875 Act September 5, 2017 (9-5-17) On September 1, 2017, the Acting Solicitor and Principal Deputy Solicitor for the United States Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued Memorandum Opinion M-37048 related to...
(LOS ANGELES, CA) –Today, Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ:CDZI] (“Cadiz”, the “Company”) announced that the California State Senate set aside AB 1000 following a hearing of its Appropriations subcommittee. The Company issued the following statement: “Designed to block the Cadiz Water Project, AB 1000 (Friedman, D- Glendale) would...
We are disappointed that the California Legislature’s Senate Committee on Natural Resources voted yesterday on a party line 7-2 vote to pass out of committee Assembly Bill (AB) 1000, a bill just introduced by Assembly member Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) over the Independence Day holiday. Assembly...
