Press Release Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Phone: (209) 479-2053 Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Barbara@restorethedelta.org Delta Region United in Opposition to H.R. 1837 Sixteen Delta-region environmental, business, and municipal organizations have signed a letter to House Speaker John Boehner voicing strong opposition to H.R. 1837, “The San Joaquin Valley Water...Read More

Dear Restore the Delta Supporters, HR1837, a Federal bill sponsored by Congressman Devin Nunes (CA -21, Tulare County) , is a horrific bill for Delta communities. Tentatively, this pending piece of legislation will be considered for a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. In addition to relaxing water...Read More

Stockton, CA – For the first time, proponents and opponents of the State’s plans to transform the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta will discuss the merits and drawbacks of the Delta Plan and the peripheral canal. The forum is scheduled Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Civic Auditorium, in Stockton, and is open to the general public....Read More

Last September, 225 environmental organizations signed a detailed critique of the Delta Plan, noting that the Fifth Draft showed little effort to consider the economic value of the public trust and the economic consequences of potential choices or alternatives. “The Council,” they said, “cannot evade having to make difficult decisions regarding the distribution of limited...Read More

On February 7, the Delta Watermaster reported to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) on investigations of water rights in the Delta. Of over 1,000 Delta properties investigated since 2008 for illegal diversions and failure to file reports, formal enforcement action has been taken in only 12 cases. Twelve. Out of over 1,000 properties....Read More

Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) chair Phil Isenberg never hesitates to work himself and everybody else through lunch. His plan for last week’s DSC meeting was to work right through to 6:30 on Thursday – two hours beyond the scheduled adjournment – so that no one had to come back on Friday. He got special permission...Read More

The North Delta’s Peter Stone is participating in the BDCP Public Finance Work Group. He notes that attendees are a who’s who of California State Water Contractors, plus various federal and state agencies and non-governmental organizations. At last week’s meeting, reports Stone: A very interesting discussion and persuasive argument came from a representative of Friant...Read More

Patricia McBroom’s most recent posting on her blog, California Spigot, looks at efforts to get a National Heritage Area designation for the Delta and to get a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to recapture the history and enduring narratives of the area, hopefully to raise public awareness and perhaps to gain leverage...Read More

By:  Jane Wagner-Tyack The Delta Risk Management Strategy (DRMS) is a study done by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and a team of consultants in response to AB 1200 (legislation authored by John Laird, now the California Natural Resources Secretary).  Phase 1 of DRMS has come in for criticism in the past for painting...Read More

This bit of “truthiness” was exposed at the Delta Protection Commission (DPC) meeting on January 26.  That was also the meeting at which Resources Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral addressed the DPC. Meral, who is trying to midwife the BDCP, told the DPC that every concern of Delta counties and Delta people will be considered and...Read More