A draft report calls for California to convert less of its agricultural land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for natural habitat and flood control. The report reduces the amount of land from what the state previously planned to convert. But there’s little to no indication of how much the plan could cost taxpayers. That draft report, which was released in September [by the Delta Protection Commission], follows a 17-year-old mandate that state officials find ways to create a more reliable water supply throughout the state while simultaneously restoring wildlife habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The report also proposes ways to offset losses in reclamation district assessments and local tax revenues, which are paid by property owners in the state’s 110 reclamation districts and the five counties that fall in the boundaries of the Delta.

Other Bay-Delta news:

• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): County echoes water agency concerns on Bay Delta Plan
• SJV Water (Bakersfield, Calif.): State offers $6 million grant to stem golden mussel spread from Delta
• The Vacaville Reporter (Calif.): Solano County Planning Commission rejects Collinsville-area rezoning