Articlo en español For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights Call for Restart and Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for 600,000 Limited-English Speakers Listen to our audio from...Read More
Media Advisory for Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights To Call for Restart & Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for Limited-English Speakers Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta Members: Senator Feinstein's bill S 2198 is a bad deal for the Delta. It will federalize water diversions from the Delta at levels that are bad for farms and fish. Even worse, as the Senator continues to sell the bill as "temporary" drought measures, water advocates continue to find language buried...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… SF Gate May 20, 2014 Editorial: Sen. Feinstein’s wrong response to the drought “… it is distressing to see Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., determined to toss out water management policies...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnels Opponents to Senator Feinstein: “Here is a Better Water Resources Solution”, Accuse Senator of Listening Only to Industrial Mega-Growers STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to...Read More
“Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing . . . .” — William Makepeace Thackeray Calling the water shots Behind the scenes planning by the water contractors who want the twin tunnels is bearing fruit with the formation of...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 16, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Senator Feinstein Using Drought to Throw Out Protections for Fisheries, Farms & Humans; Bill Could Help Tunnels Approval Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents...Read More
Planning to submit a public comment or need guidance? Missed and attended our BDCP Letter Writing Party on 5/13/14? Here are all the materials we used. Feel free to send your letters to jane@restorethedelta, barbara@restorethedelta.org, or stina@restorethedelta.org for a critique or for any help! To begin, download and/or view our PowerPoint. Documents numbered 2-7 are...Read More
Listen to audio from our teleconference with experts criticizing the flawed BDCP Process and Feinstein’s water bill here: Link to download or listen in separate browser. Relevant document: DWR Outline for Oversight of Design and Construction of tunnels Article of Interest East Bay Express: The Water Tunnel Boondoggle by Joaquin Palomino 5/13/14 Excerpt: “The potential...Read More
