Dear Friends,
On December 12, 2025, the Water Board released the latest update to the Bay-Delta Plan, a critical rulemaking for ensuring: water quality, river flows and ecosystem protections for the state’s largest and most endangered estuary and watershed. Disappointingly, the update included the inequitable and deceptive Voluntary Agreements, without adequate protections for ecosystems or the tribes and communities that depend on them.
Restore the Delta alongside Tribes, environmental advocates, and environmental justice organizations continue to advocate for a regulatory framework, but we need your help! Join us on January 28, 29 and/or 30 to raise your voice in opposition to this bad update to the Bay-Delta Plan.
Why It Matters:
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB or Water Board) plans to vote on whether to adopt this latest iteration of the Bay-Delta Plan by the end of 2026. This is the final opportunity to voice our opposition to the plan, which would be devastating to Tribes, environmental justice communities, and the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
Join the Training:
Yosemite Rivers Alliance, Restore the Delta, Sierra Club California, Defenders of Wildlife, and Friends of the River will be hosting a training session on making a public comment on January 21, 2026 at 6pm. Register for the training here.
How You Can Participate:
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB or Water Board) plans to vote on whether to adopt this latest iteration of the Bay-Delta Plan by the end of 2026. This is the final opportunity to voice our opposition to the plan, which would be devastating to Tribes, environmental justice communities, and the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
- Register for public comment via the Speaker Card no later than January 27, 2026
- Select which date you would like to attend: January 28, 29, or 30
- Choose how you’ll attend: in-person or virtually
- Use our Bay-Delta Plan One-Pager to draft a public comment (up to 3-minutes) explaining how the current version of the Bay-Delta Plan would negatively impact your family or community, your business or organization, environmental or economic interests.
- Mark your calendar and join us!
- When: January 28, 29 and/or 30
- Time: 9:00am
- Where: Joe Serna Jr. CalEPA Building Coastal Hearing Room 1001 I Street, Second Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
- For virtual attendees, you will receive participation instructions from the Water Board after filling out the Speaker Card
We hope to see you there!