FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Water Tunnels Opponents Release Charts: Urban Ratepayers Get the Higher Bill, Westlands & Kern Get More Water than All Urban Users Combined Call on Gov. Brown not to force families to Subsidize Billionaires Listen...Read More
Restore the Delta is providing a bus for our supporters to attend President Obama’s visit in Fresno on drought assistance on February 14, 2014. We will hold a press conference and rally near where the President will be speaking. This is not a protest because President Obama had said he will veto HR3964 (Valadao), the...Read More
The White House has announced that President Obama will be visiting Fresno on Friday to discuss the drought and the Federal Government’s plans for assistance. Restore the Delta is organizing a presence for this event and is hoping that a large number of our supporters can turn out in Fresno. Watch our alerts this week with specific...Read More
Please click here for Action Alert: President Obama to Visit Fresno on 2/14 to Talk About Drought Assistance Media Advisory for Monday, February 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Where Did All the Water Go? Water Buffaloes, Egregious Mismanagement & Better Water Policies Restore the Delta...Read More
Restore the Delta will be at these following public events. We encourage supporters in the area to attend. Bay Delta Tunnel Project Proposal Forum on February 20, Thursday, in Castro Valley at 6:00 p.m on 3600 Norbridge Avenue. Speaking in favor of the tunnels will be Paul Helliker, Deputy Director, California Department of Water Resources,...Read More
Two articles of interest regarding Westlands, the drought and the tunnels–articles that Restore the Delta helped work on. California’s Thirsty Almonds How the water-intensive crop is helping drive the governor’s $25 billion plan to ship water to the desert. By Joaquin Palomino @JoaquinPalomino East Bay Express 2/5/14 …But many environmentalists have little sympathy for the...Read More
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Dangerous legislation by Rep. Valadao uses drought as excuse to play politics with California’s water management challenges Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD) today blasted HR 3964 (Valadao) as “dangerous legislation being put forward...Read More
Tell your congressional representatives to oppose HR3964, dangerous legislation being put forward by southern San Joaquin Valley congressmen using the drought as an excuse to play politics with California’s water management challenges. This bill by Representative David Valadao of Hanford is being described as an “Emergency Water Delivery Act,” ignoring the fact that there is...Read More
For Immediate Release: January 31, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Gov. Brown Sings from Mega-Growers’ Hymnal, Tries to Bully Federal Scientists into Approving Tunnels, State Mismanagement of Water Helped Cause Shortage Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral...Read More
