In the News: Letters & Editorials

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• Letter to the Editor: Desalination disconnect
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/21/13
• Letter to the Editor: More time needed with desal EIR
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/21/13
• Letter to the Editor: Desal EIR a slap in the face
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/21/13
• Letter to the Editor: Rain catchment, not desalination
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/19/13
• Letter to the Editor: Water on his mind
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/19/13
• Letter to the Editor: Kocher's desal group a conflict
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/19/13
• Letter to the Editor: We have no say
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/15/13
• Letter to the Editor: City proceeds wisely on desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/15/13
• Editorial: Early onset to fire season
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/1/13
• Letter to the Editor: Where are leaflets on alternatives?
  Santa Cruz  Sentinel 4/21/13
• Op-Ed Desal -- defeat it -- there's a better way
  Cruz Sentinel, 4/14/13
• Letter to the Editor: No desalination plant means rationing
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/3/13
• Letter to the Editor: No Alternative
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 4/3/13
• Editorial: How dry we are
  Santa Cruz Sentinel 3/30/13
• Letter to the Editor: Wrong Approach
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 3/20/13
• Opinion: Dr. Tom LaHue: Our hidden and threatened water supply
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/9/13
• Letter to the Editor: Learn the facts on desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel 2/24/13
• Letter to the Editor: City's eggs in one desal basket
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/16/13
• Commentary: Reforms for CEQA? Watch out!
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/9/13
• Letter to the Editor: City of Santa Cruz, end plans for desal already
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/8/13
• Letter to the Editor: Inform yourself about desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/8/13
• Letter to the Editor: Shame on Neal Coonerty
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/5/13
• Letter to the Editor: I'll pay to protect our water supply
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/5/13
• Letter to the Editor: Desal = good?
  Good Times, 1/28/13
• Editorial: Brown's call for CEQA reform overdue
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/26/13
• Letter to the Editor: Moss Landing desal plant makes sense
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/15/13
• Opinion: Katherine Beiers: Closing remarks to City Council
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/6/13
• Editorial: As We See It, Dec. 29: Our wishes for 2013
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/29/12
• Letter to the Editor: Debating Desal
  Good Times, 12/26/12
• Letter to the Editor: Nice ‘Ebb & Flow’
  Good Times, 12/26/12
• Letter to the Editor: UCSC growth too much
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/13/12
• Editorial: Watsonville, Santa Cruz: New mayors, continuing stories
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/13/12
• Letter to the Editor: Reduce fossil fuel use -- how?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/12/12
• Commentary: For Santa Cruz, desalination could be part of the answer to global warming
  Santa Cruz Sentinel 12/8/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal, rail trail equal cost overruns
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/8/12
• Letter to the Editor: UCSC water ruling the right call
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/5/12
• Letter to the Editor: Santa Cruz doesn't share well with others
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/4/12
• Commentary: In Sandy's aftermath, local environmental groups call for strong climate action
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/2/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal alternatives getting close look
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/2/12
• Letter to the Editor: Drought? More like expansion
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/28/12
• Commentary: Getting the desal facts straight
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/24/12
• Commentary: Santa Cruz water supply
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/24/12
• Editorial: Caution on desal after vote
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/14/12
• Letter to the Editor: Measure P a big deal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/14/22
• Letter to the Editor: Rotkin has lost it on desal issue
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/11/12
• Opinion 'Sustainable' means I can have a future
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/4/12
• Opinion: Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' turns 50 this year...
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/4/12
• Letter to the Editor Measure P to protect our water future
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/3/12
• Letter to the Editor: Yes on Measure P
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/3/12
• Letter to the Editor: Vote yes on desal's Measure P
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/1/12
• Commentary Measure P: Best use of initiative process
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/28/12
• Letters to the Editor: As You See It: Views on Santa Cruz's Measure P
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/24/12
• Editorial: No on P, as measure is anti-desal wolf in transparent clothing
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/20/12
• Letter to the Editor: Water issues aren't new
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/15/12
• Letter to the Editor: Yes on Measure P
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 10/9/12
• Commentary: Unlocking lessons from Santa Barbara's desal boondoggle for Santa Cruz voters
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/6/12
• Letter to the Editor: Did writers read the desal series?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/6/12
• Letter to the Editor:Dealing with desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/4/12
• Letter to the Editor: UCSC should pay for desal plant
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/3/12
• Letter to the Editor: Choices on water may be costly
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/3/12
• Letters to the Editor
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/1/12
• Editorial: The argument for desal - Special report makes case for proceeding with costly plant
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/29/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal Affects All
  Santa Cruz Weekly 9/26/12
• Letter to the Editor: Secret of Desal
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 9/18/12
• Letter to the Editor: Yes on Measure P
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/14/12
• Editorial: The Sentinel and Nov. 6 election
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/7/12
• Letter to the Editor: Cutting back water use harder than believed
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 7/14/12
• Commentary: Santa Cruz must address water demand in growth blueprint
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/24/12
• Commentary: University's long-range plan a bad deal for Santa Cruz all the way around
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/3/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desalination: That which goes unspoken
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/20/12
• Letter to the Editor: Reservoir worse than desal plant
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/8/12
• Commentary Putting desalination into perspective
   Santa Cruz Sentinel,  05/06/12
• Letter to the Editor: DeCinzo Right On
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 5/3/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal plant not a back up
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/26/12
• Commentary: Best of the Rest
  Good Times Santa Cruz Online Edition, 4/24/12
• Letter to the Editor: City should set up desal website
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/6/12
• Letter to the Editor: Expand your mind, not water use
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/6/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal is only real alternative
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/5/12
• Letter to the Editor: Why lift cutbacks in the first place?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/4/12
• Letter to the Editor: Taxpayers part of desal puzzle
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/29/12
• Letter to the Editor: Study wastewater treatment options
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/27/12
• Letter to the Editor: The desalination information is out there
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/18/12
• Letter to the Editor: UCSC, pay for desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/12
• Letter to the Editor: Desal rationale a big, fat lie
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/14/12
• Letter to the Editor: Notes On A Desal Vote
  Santa Cruz Weekly, 3/14/12
• Letter to the Editor: More regulation needed
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/13/12
• Letter to the Editor: Kudos to council
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/12/12
• Editorial: As We See It: Adrift in regulations
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/8/12
• Editorial: As We See It: Another water diversion
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 7/7/12
• Letter to the Editor: One desal vote is enough
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/7/12
• Commentary: LAFCO makes big decision March 7
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/4/12
• Letter to the Editor: Why so hostile to tech advancement?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/1/12
• Editorial: As We See It: Compromise right move on desal vote
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/1/12
• Opinion: The desal debate: Let's just have one vote on desalination
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/26/12
• Opinion: The desal debate: 'Right to vote' taps into groundswell
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/26/12
• Guest Opinion: Transparency vital to desal vote
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/19/12
• Letter to the Editor: Build water storage tanks on Westside
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/17/12
• Editorial: As We See It: Muddying the waters: Competing desal measures further cloud water debate
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/17/12
• Letter to the Editor: Ballot Bound?
  Good Times, 2/13/12
• Sand City desal suffers some pitfalls (pdf)
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/29/12
• Letter to the Editor: Rotkin a voice for university
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/11/12
  Letter to the Editor: Happy About ‘Hood’ Coverage
  Good Times, 1/4/12
• Letter to the Editor: Let UCSC pay for desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/11
• Letter to the Editor: Don't hold residents at gunpoint, UCSC
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/11
• Editorial: As We See It: Don't undo city-UCSC agreement
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/7/11
• Letter to the Editor: The Desal Debate Goes On
  Good Times, 11/23/11
• Commentary: Put the brakes on desal spending
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/20/11
• Commentary: Desal is great for Saudi Arabia, but not Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/9/11
• Letters to the Editor: Energy an issue in desal debate
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/1/11
• Commentary: A Few Thoughts on the Local Desalination Debate
  Santa Cruz Patch 9/30/11
• Letters to the Editor: Desal debate would be good
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/28/11
• Letters to the Editor: People in glass houses... 
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/27/11
• Letters to the Editor: Desal discussion needs to end
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/27/11
• Letters to the Editor: Look at desal alternatives
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/24/11
• Letters to the Editor: Can we afford desal plant?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/24/11
• Letters to the Editor: Mathews gives us the oxymoron of the year
  Santa Cruz Sentinel 9/23/11
• Letters to the Editor: Some desalination questions I'd ask
  Santa Cruz Sentinel 9/23/11
• Letter to the Editor: What is community really being told?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/22/11
• As We See It: Desal: Private meeting, public issue
  Editorial, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/21/11
• Opinion: Time to Forget the Past?
  Tom Honig, Good Times, 9/13/11
• Letter to the Editor: Water districts must study alternatives
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/1/11
• Commentary: Desalination is part of a larger water solution
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/28/11
• Commentary: Plan B a sound alternative to desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/21/11
• As We See It: Hits and Misses
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/9/11
• What’s the most underutilized asset in the county?
  Local Talk Santa Cruz Good Times,8/2/11
• Letter to the Editor: Flush desal plan down the toilet
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 7/1/11
• Letter to the Editor: Desalination plant virtually a done deal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/2811
• Letter to the Editor: Area should get water from state
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/27/11
• Letter to the Editor: Parallel universe?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/28/11
• Letter to the Editor: Rotkin is Off Base on Desal
  Good Times, 4/27/11
• Letter to the Editor: Santa Cruz Desal: Don’t Bite
  Good Times, 4/27/11
• Letter to the Editor: Desal a last choice
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/27/11
• Letter to the Editor: Desalination backers ratchet up the fear
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/26/11
• Letter to the Editor: What about Zayante dam?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/24/11
• Commentary: Santa Cruz, get it together on water and growth
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/24/11
• Letter to the Editor: As You See It, Desal plant equals permanent crisis
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/17/11
• As You See It: Conservation, not desal, key to water future
  Letter to the Editor, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/13/11
• Letter to the Editor: As You See It, Listen to desal debate
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/12/11
• Letter to the Editor: As You See It, Desal's a boondoggle
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/12/11
• Letter to the Editor: As You See It, Congress should get rid of fisheries service
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/8/11
• Editorial: As We See It: New diversion in water battle
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/07/11
• Letter to the Editor: Environmental extremism blocks true progress
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/11
• Commentary: While not ideal, desalination is the best solution
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/13/11
• Letter to the Editor: H20, You Know?
  Good Times, 03/03/11 
• Commentary: LAFCO's water policy good ... for a first draft
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/27/11
• Opinion: Desal: It Deserves an Informed Decision
  Opinion Column, Good Times, 02/24/11
• Letter to the Editor: No need to pay two entities for same job
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/24/11
• Opinion: For a Sustainable Water Future
  Good Times, 2/23/11
• Opinion: Desal: It Deserves an Informed Evaluation
  Good Times, 2/23/11
• Letter to the Editor: Land-use commission shows its independence
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/18/11
• Letter to the Editor: Bureaucratic time wasted on water
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/12/11
• Letter to the Editor: Plans aren't action
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/06/11
• Opinion: Our water future is here, now
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/6/11
• Opinion: Water reservoir beneath UCSC should be explored
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/06/11
• As You See It: Updated Water Plan Will Clarify Need for Desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/04/11
• Letter to the Editor: Updated water plan will clarify need for desal
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/4/11
• Letter to the Editor: Desal not needed with lower water demand
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/3/11
• Letter to the Editor: What about a dam on Zayante Creek?
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/01/11
• Letter to the Editor: We need to keep discourse civil
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/01/11
• Opinion: Why the city should shelve desal plan
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/23/11
• Opinion: Desal opponents misstate the facts
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/30/11
• As We See it: Supply and Demand
  Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/07/11