California faces a housing affordability crisis, but blaming the Coastal Commission – as some special interests are trying to do – is misguided and wrong. The Commission is advancing state housing needs while fairly and responsibly balancing environmental health, public safety, and public coastal access to preserve our coast for all.
Tag: Poseidon
Posted inHuntington Beach
Is Poseidon’s Huntington Beach Desal Plant Proposal Gone for Good?
The company also wants off the hook for permit fees. A regional water board doesn’t appear poised to grant that request.
Posted inPress Releases
Stop Poseidon Coalition Celebrates California Coastal Commission’s Decision to Unanimously Deny Permitting for Brookfield-Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Plant
The California Coastal Commission, comprised of 12 voting members, one who recused themselves, whose mission is to uphold the California Coastal Act, made the unanimous decision to deny the proposed Brookfield-Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Plant’s permitting.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Nederhood: Where Water Flows, Life Grows, Especially in the OC
Orange County is one of the best places to live in the US in part because it has the world’s best water system. The OC water system is based on its aquifer, recycled water, outstanding conservation and captured storm water in the Santa Ana River. Additional water has traditionally come from Northern California and the Colorado River. Both of these sources are now at risk. If global warming continues, so will the much lower water supplies from these sources. The OC water system was created because 20, 30 and 40 years ago OC rate payers had the vision and commitment to invest in its water future. Investing in the Poseidon desal plant will insure the OC continues to have fresh, reliable water generated by the best local water system, anywhere.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Brown: Why the Poseidon Permit Adoption Hearing Must be Accessible to All Communities
In July, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board is holding a virtual permit adoption hearing for the proposed Poseidon desalination plant, which can be seen to a barrier to many wishing to give public comment. This format doesn’t follow the fundamental role of government – to represent the people.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Maestas, Rodriguez and Vielma: Poseidon’s Desalination Plant Threatens our Climate and Human Right to Clean Water
As the Regional Water Board considers final permits for an ocean water desalination plant in Huntington Beach, Latinx community leaders argue it would infringe on our fundamental human rights to a safe climate and clean water; countering an OpEd by a League of United Latin American Citizens lobbyist.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Barrera: Climate Change Is the Real Threat to Latinx
The exploitation by opponents of seawater desalination of environmental justice concerns is both unfortunate and misguided. The real threat to economically disadvantaged and communities of color is climate change and its effect on the environment and our water resources. LULAC takes this threat very seriously and so does the state of California, which is why every state agency to date charged with permitting the Huntington Beach Desalination Project has done so.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Maestas: Poseidon Desalination Would Worsen Environmental Injustice in Orange County
I grew up in Irvine, with a deep awareness of how important the ocean is. Now, our regional water board is moving closer to issuing permits to a global corporation called Poseidon for a massive desalination plant in Huntington Beach that would worsen environmental injustice. Low-income families and communities of color—who already face the worst impacts of climate change and housing costs—would be locked into paying for more expensive drinking water.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Gage: Setting the Record Straight on Seawater Desalination
Kelley Gage, Director of Water Resources for the San Diego County Water Authority writes that seawater desalination is a tool for coastal communities to consider, and that each community needs to devise its own supply reliability portfolios to determine whether desalination makes sense. SDCWA doesn’t have a policy position or a financial stake in the proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach but wants to make certain the facts at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant are accurate.
