This week the County and all three incorporated cities will each consider appointing two elected officials to serve on an ad hoc committee to plan responses to homelessness. The County already participates in collaborative planning to address homelessness as part of the NorCal Continuum of Care, but changes to how the CoC is organized and functions may also be on the way.
Court documents and interviews with government officials indicate that the federal water cuts that have caused devastation within the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (A.C.I.D.) weren’t a breach of the water district’s senior water rights contract. Instead, A.C.I.D. and other water contractors negotiated and agreed to the reduction in water allocations as part of an interagency effort to protect endangered salmon during California’s historic drought.
Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District has supplied water to irrigators in Shasta County for more than 100 years. This year, after federal cuts and local water sales, residents have been left without water. Here's how ACID responded to federal cuts, what options they considered for the district's remaining water allocations, and how they plan to use the $7.5 million gained by selling off the district's remaining water.
Federal cuts and local water sales have left farmers in Shasta County's Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District without water this year. As fields have gone brown and dead, many small family farmers have sold off livestock they are no longer able to feed. The Community Alliance with Family Farmers says they hope their small emergency grants are enough to help some farmers survive.
