The State Water Resources Control Board voted 5-0 to deny all eight Tule Sub-basin GSA exclusion requests, citing water-budget gaps over 50 percent of total diversions, subsidence risks, and weak well-mitigation programs. In response, eleven of thirteen GSAs committed to developing a single unified GSP. DWR's April 1 snow survey came in at the second-lowest on record (only 2015 was lower), and the Kings River Water Association is now forecasting April-July runoff at just 46-60 percent of average. A wave of spring fee hearings is hitting calendars — Paso Robles' $22.28-per-acre-foot fee report, San Benito County's projected $0.60-per-acre groundwater management fee, Santa Clara Valley's South County production charge increases, and Diablo Water District's previously-noticed Prop 218 ceiling — all with action coming in May or June. Plus a $500,000  ...