Nestlé can legally set up bottling plant, city attorney says
By Kathleen Haley, Sacramento Press, October 27, 2009
Nestlé has a green light in Sacramento, according to the city attorney’s office.
The Nestlé company’s work to set up a water bottling plant in Sacramento is allowed under the city’s existing laws, City Attorney Eileen Teichert’s office said Tuesday.
It was clear at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that the City Council and city staff are on-board with the Nestlé company’s plans to bottle and sell tens of millions of gallons of Sacramento’s water.
Sacramento halts Nestlé work
By Suzanne Hurt, Sacramento Press, October 26, 2009
A $14 million retrofit of a proposed Nestlé water-bottling plant has ground to a halt after the city of Sacramento issued a stop-work order while investigating whether the work began before the company had legal authorization from the city.
Late Friday afternoon, the city’s Community Development Department issued a stop-work order for Phases II and III shortly before an interim or “urgency” ordinance request was added to the City Council’s agenda for Tuesday night. The council is being asked to consider amending the city’s zoning code to immediately require special permits for beverage bottling plants. The meeting starts at 6 p.m.
Nestlé slowdown
Sacramento News & Review (Oct. 8, 2009) – A few weeks back, on September 10, Nestlé got tired of the mounting public opposition and bailed on their plan. Yes, the company gave up on McCloud—it’s coming to south Sacramento instead. But hold on. Aren’t we being a bit shortsighted here?
Mayor in favor of Nestlé water bottling plant
Sacramento Press (Oct. 07, 2009) – Mayor Kevin Johnson spoke favorably about the Nestlé company’s planned water-bottling plant and addressed other local issues at his weekly meeting with reporters on Tuesday.
Sacramento Nestle Waters bottling plant draws fire
The Sacramento Bee (Oct. 5, 2009) – Sacramento banned bottled water from its City Council meetings last year, but over the summer it welcomed a Nestle Waters plant that would churn out millions of those bottles every week.
Bottled water foes may join forces; AG to consider review
Sacramento Press (Oct. 4, 2009) – A group of residents trying to stop Nestlé from opening a water-bottling plant in Sacramento plans to join forces with other Northern Californians fighting the same battle elsewhere.
Advocacy Group Claims Nestle is “Stealing Water”
News10/KXTV (Sep. 29, 2009) Nestle is opening a bottling water plant in south Sacramento early next year. The group Save Our Sacramento Water claims “Nestle is stealing unlimited amounts of our drinking water for profits.”
Nestle wants Sac’s Water
Sacramento Press (Sep. 28, 2009) – Sacramento residents are taking first steps into the water justice movement in an effort to stop Swiss company Nestle from bottling and selling city tap water.
Nestle Announces Sacramento as Replacement for McCloud – Take Action
Central Valley Indymedia (Sep. 24, 2009) – On September 10, Nestle announced that it was abandoning plans for its controversial McCloud bottling plant after 6 years of fierce opposition. Now they plan to build a bottling plant in Sacramento with no public meetings, no environmental review and unlimited access to our municipal water.
Nestle Coming to Most Threatened River Delta in America?
If you’ve seen FLOW or any of the other recent documentaries about water rights, you know that one of the (many) problems with bottled water is that local communities are sold on the idea of having cheaper water rates through privatized water and instead end up oftentimes without water.
While this program does not include privatizing water, it does give water right to a company, when the rest of the community is under tight water restrictions. Communities looking to fight off big water are in for a serious battle, though recently Flagstaff, AZ gave Nestle Waters the boot, which would essentially do the same thing the company is proposing in Sacramento.