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• Experts to discuss desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/14/12
• Santa Cruz Council OKs 5 percent water cutback: Landscape restrictions to begin next week
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/24/12
• Santa Cruz City Council to weigh water restrictions: 5 percent cutback would begin May 1
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/24/12
• A single desal plant supplying the greater Monterey Bay area is a long shot.
  Monterey County Weekly, 4/19/12
• Santa Cruz officials seek summer water cutbacks: March rain helped offset dry winter, but not enough
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/3/12
• Walk to support a vote on desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/2/12
• Water Wars: Part Two: The ‘Ecomomics’ of Desalination for Santa Cruz County
  Capitola Soquel Times, April, 2012
• Desal task force to weigh budget
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/18/12
• Water Wars: Part One: The ‘Why’ of Desalination for Santa Cruz County
  Capitola Soquel Times, March, 2012
• Santa Cruz council OKs local business preference; leaders also finalize rule on desal vote
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/14/12
• Santa Cruz water officials could seek 5% curtailment: Low February rainfall puts year on track to be seventh driest Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/12/12
• In UCSC expansion vote, panel waits on fish protection plan, lowers overall water limit
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/8/12
• Decision on UCSC Expansion Held Off Wednesday
  Santa Cruz Patch, 3/8/12
• Coastal Commission weighs in on UCSC water case: Agency says it may have oversight role in related fisheries debate
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/7/12
• What Is Happening This Morning?
  Gary Patton, Land Use Report, 3/7/12
• Desal opponents vow to press on with ballot measure: Coalition worried city could overturn citizen right to vote on plant
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/2/12
• Council Agrees to Hold Desal Vote No Sooner Than June 2014
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 2/29/12
• Santa Cruz City Council OKs UCSC conservation funding plan, downtown solar plan
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/29/12
• Santa Cruz City Council OKs putting desal in voters' hands: Election wouldn't be called before 2014
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/29/12
• Debate on Desal and Growth Coming to Head
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 2/28/12
• A Salty Vote
  Good Times, 2/28/12
• Water Customers Want to Be Included in Desal Vote
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 2/28/12
• The Santa Cruz City Council On Water
  Gary Patton KUSP, 2/28/12
• Santa Cruz City Council to consider desal ordinance: County leader wants outside water customers to have a voice
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/27/12
• Santa Cruz remains “critically dry”
  KION News, 2/22/12
• City, Activists Stand by Separate Desal Initiatives
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 2/21/12
• Desal dominates Santa Cruz Neighbors forum on water: Opponents wanted to make full presentation
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/22/12
• Let’s Debate Desal
  KUSP, Gary Patton, Land Use Report, 2/20/12
• Desalination And Growth
  Gary Patton, Land Use Report, KUSP 2/17/12
• Santa Cruz puts up its own desal plan for voters: Council will consider new ordinance Feb. 28
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/16/12
• Lane and Terrazas Want Desal Ballot Measure
  Good Times, 2/15/12
• Mayor Proposes a Vote on Whether to Build a Desalination Plant
  Santa Cruz Patch, 2/15/12
• Group kicks off campaign to put desal before Santa Cruz voters
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/13/12
• Santa Cruz Looks to Desalination for Water
  City On a Hill Press, 2/3/12
• Desal petition finalized: Group must now collect about 5,500 signatures from registered voters
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/3/12
• Desal opponents plan November ballot measure: Petition for city charter change calls for voter OK of water project
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/27/12
• Santa Cruz City Council OKs more desal spending, bullfrog ban
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/25/12
• Santa Cruz City Council to tackle climate plan; environmental groups to make transportation, water recommendations
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/19/12
• Desalination officials hear concerns of residents
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/09/11
• LAFCO approves smaller UCSC growth plan
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/8/11
• UCSC chancellor says town-gown good will on line: Blumenthal warns LAFCO not to overstep power on campus growth
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/6/11
• Santa Cruz County LAFCO Tomorrow
  Gary Patton, Land Use Report, KUSP 12/6/11
• Santa Cruz forum on water neutrality Monday: Conservation offsets will be critical to UCSC water case
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/3/11
• Desal debate deepens as Santa Cruz City Council weighs water planning that counts on facility
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/23/11
• Water And The Council
  Gary Patton, Land Use Report, KUSP Tuesday, November 22, 2011
• Desalination task force to consider contracts
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/16/11
• The Desal Divide: The debate continues
  Good Times, 11/16/11
• LAFCO staff recommends UCSC water expansion
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/16/11
• Update on Integrated Water Plan City: council meeting dedicated to informational study session
  Hill Press, 11/8/11
• Water watchdogs, UCSC square off in appellate court
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/9/11
• Opponents and Supporters Debate Desalination Plan
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/2/11
• Desal advocates, opponents square off
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/2/11
• Santa Cruz City Council to review key water policy
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/30/11
• Water in the Works
  Good Times, 10/11/11
• Hearing set for vote on water expansion plan at UC Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/6/11
• Turning Water Into Wages
  Santa Cruz Patch, 9/21/11
• Santa Cruz Guide: Local Politics
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 9/21/11
• Water officials make desal pitch to leaders at private meeting
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/20/11
• Sharp Emotions Salt Desalination Plant Meeting
  Santa Cruz Patch, 9/19/11
• Desal opponents upset over private meeting
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/13/11
• State finds second ethics violation for city of Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/23/11
• Multiple Groups Address Santa Cruz Water Challenges
  Santa Cruz Patch, 8/22/11
• Could Seawater Solve the Freshwater Crisis?
  National Geographic News, 8/5/11
• Heather Cooley on reasons for and against desalination
  EarthSky.org, 8/4/11
• Santa Cruz Council Orders Water Swap Study
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 8/3/11
• Rep. Napolitano Introduces Desalination Bill
  States News Service, July 27, 2011
• County water manager: Transfers can't replace desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 7/27/2011
• Santa Cruz City Council OKs studying water swap as desalination debate continues
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 7/27/2011
• Desal opponents urge new citizen panel: Officials say public campaign is sufficient
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/22/11
• Santa Cruz County supervisor chair Mark Stone elected to leadership post on Coastal Commission
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/16/11
• Water Talks: An academic approach to the water conservation conversation
  Good Times, 6/14/11
• Coastal Commission makeover could signal change in outlook on local projects
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/01/11
• One Week From Today
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP, 5/5/11
• Santa Cruz City Council seeks bids on design of $1.4M sign project
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/27/11
• The Desalination Debate
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP, 4/22/11
• Critical time for water
  City on a Hill Press, 4/21/11
• Desal Deliberations
  Good Times, 4/19/11
• City Council Moves Forward with Controversial Desalination Plant
  City on a Hill Press, 4/14/11
• Drops from the Bucket
  Good Times, 4/13/11
• Is Desalination Our Destiny?
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP, 4/13/11
• Water Activists Ready for Desal Debate
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 4/12/11
• Desalination debate slated
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/10/11
• Council Greenlights Fish Protection Plan
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 4/8/11
• Santa Cruz approves continued talks to protect fish: Desal opponents urge greater conservation
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/06/11
• Santa Cruz City Council Moves Closer to Desalination Plant
  Santa Cruz Patch, 4/6/11
• Is There Enough Water for People to Drink and to Protect Endangered Fish?
  Santa Cruz Patch, 4/5/11
• Water supply report predicts trouble in dry years; Commission considers new assessment as water officials lay out habitat protection plan 
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/03/11
• Conservation plan could cost city nearly fifth of supply; Feds urge desal to protect fish
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/31/11
• Desalination Survey In
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 03/23/11
• Group hosts desal plant debate
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 03/15/11
• Desal on list of approved SC water projects: Plant construction costs now estimated at $99M, up 40 percent
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 03/08/11
• The Cost of Desalination
  Santa Cruz.com, 03/08/11
• Conservationists Push Back Against Desalination in California The state is running out of water. Is desalination a panacea or potential boondoggle?
  DC Bureau.org, 03/03/11
• Santa Cruz City Council OKs desal consultant work, delays vote on surfing schools
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/23/11
• Water to Share
  Good Times, 02/23/11
• Council to weigh more spending on desal planning: Opponents urge end for consultant on controversial project
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/22/11
• More Money For Desal?
  Gary Patton, KUSP, 02/21/11
• Desalination And The Alternatives
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP, 02/11/11
• New Landscaping Demonstrates Ways to Save Water and Help Environment
  Mid-County Post, 02/09/11
• Santa Cruz city officials say more rain needed to prevent summer water use restrictions
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/8/11
• Desalination project scoping report available today
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/04/11
• New County Water Policy Gets Nods—Except by Soquel Creek Leaders District desires boost in new hookup help; Santa Cruz predicts policy won't hold up desalination plant.
  Capitola-Soquel Patch, 02/03/11
• LAFCO approves new water policy: Cities sought to dilute rules for expansion plan
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/03/11
• LAFCO Meets Today On Water Policy
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP Wednesday, 02/02/11
• A Bit More On Water
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP Tuesday, 02/01/11
• More On LAFCO Water Policies
  Land Use Report, Gary Patton, KUSP Monday, 01/31/11
• LAFCO to weigh new water supply policy: Rules have implications for UCSC expansion plans By
  SSanta Cruz Sentinel, 01/29/11
• Santa Cruz County LAFCO Meeting Next Week
  Gary Patton, Land Use Report, KUSP Friday, 01/28/11
• Soquel Creek Carcinogen Could Prompt District to Make Major Changes
  Capitola-Soquel Patch, 9:37am, 01/24/11
• LAFCO Water Policies 2011
  KUSP Land Use Report, 01/14/11
• Fish, Groundwater Are Concerns for New Soquel Well
  Capitola Patch, 1/11/11
• Future development in Santa Cruz County likely to face greater scrutiny
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/06/11
• Reservoir Level Belies Water Needs
  SantaCruz.com 1/05/11
• Loch Lomond Close to Spilling: Water Director Says Overflow Doesn't Mean Supply Problem is Solved
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/05/11
• Water panel approves graywater: City rules currently prohibit conservation measure
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/04/11