<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">the SacBee editorial board urges both California Senators to open the doors in the negotiating room to all stakeholders -<br></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article4023580.html" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article4023580.html</a></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">and the LA Times editors criticize the exclusive back-room negotiations -</div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px;
font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-policy-congress-california-20141120-story.html" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-policy-congress-california-20141120-story.html</a></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">and Mother Jones does a story about the secret negotiations that includes some good recent history of the so-called drought relief legislation -</div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/11/feinstein-secret-water-deal-drought-california" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);"
class="">http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/11/feinstein-secret-water-deal-drought-california</a></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Restore the Delta has updated the video and the link dealing with the secret negotiations; go here -</div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/videoactionalert" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class=""> http://bit.ly/videoactionalert</a></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">and Dan Bacher writes about the secret deal-making which he says would
primarily benefit folks like poor Westlands (or as Mother Jones calls them, “Big Pistachio”) -</div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345836/-Secret-Feinstein-drought-relief-bill-will-eviscerate-fish-protections#" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345836/-Secret-Feinstein-drought-relief-bill-will-eviscerate-fish-protections#</a></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div style="margin-left: 12.9px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div></div></body></html>