Dear friends,
Thank you for all your calls, emails, and for turning out for the Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday afternoon. Yesterday evening, AB 2218 successfully passed the Senate Floor, and the Solano County Board of Supervisors voted to reject the current CA Forever draft legislation thanks to your support.
But we still need your help.
The California Forever Trailer Bill is still alive in the State Legislature, despite reduced County Support, and we need your help to ensure it does not move forward.
At the same time, AB 2218 now moves to the Governor’s desk for signature, and we need your support to ensure he signs this important bill into law.
Keep reading to learn how you can take action and advocate for the ecosystems and communities we all depend on.
Oppose the California Forever Trailer Bill
California Forever is a proposed development project in Solano County that would have devastating impacts on the Delta. The project proponents are once again trying to circumvent legislative processes to gain preferential treatment. Similar to our Delta Tunnel Trailer Bill fight last year, California Forever proposes sweeping exemptions from environmental review to move parts of its project forward.
The bill language is now available, and includes dangerous provisions, including:
Eliminating environmental review for a large new industrial site in Collinsville for shipbuilding and other undisclosed industrial uses.
Vague language, extending beyond its stated purpose, allowing the construction of data centers tied to shipbuilding.
Allows California Forever to unilaterally end tribal consultation, without mitigation or agreement
Override the vote of the people of Solano County who have, since 1984, preserved the right to weigh in on land use changes through the Orderly Growth Initiative
We successfully convinced the Board of Supervisors to reject this harmful legislation, but we need Sacramento to stop this trailer bill once and for all.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1. Sign the NEW petition calling on State Lawmakers not to pursue this legislation.
2. Call Senator Cabaldon and Assemblymember Wilson and tell them:
- You oppose any attempts to streamline the controversial California Forever Project, which would have a direct and detrimental impact on Delta communities and ecosystems; and
- Trailer Bills that circumvent the policy process undermine our democratic process and should not be entertained
Support AB 2218
On February 19, 2026, Assemblymember Kalra introduced AB 2218, the Indigenous Water Rights Bill sponsored by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the Karuk Tribe.
AB 2218 would establish a clear statewide policy directive acknowledging and seeking to remedy the inequities inflicted upon Tribes in California through historical state-sanctioned acts of termination, removal, and forced assimilation.
The bill directs relevant state agencies, including the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Board, to incorporate this policy into water rights decisions, regulatory actions, permitting, and grantmaking to address identified inequities. Recognizing historic harms and directing state agencies to center Tribal equity in water policy is not simply a symbolic act; it is a pathway toward stronger relationships, more inclusive decision-making, and better outcomes for the ecosystems we all depend on.
We need your help! AB 2218 will We need your help! AB 2218 moves to the Governor’s desk for signature, and we need your help to move this bill into law. be heard on the Senate floor and we need your help getting it past the finish line.
How You Can Take Action:
1. Call the Governor at (916) 445-2841 urging his signature on support AB 2218.
Please call the Governor’s Office and tell them:
- As a constituent, I urge you to sign AB 2218 into law.
- AB 2218 supports the State’s progress towards equitable water management.
- AB 2218 is an important step toward addressing inequities affecting California Native American Tribes in state water policy and ensuring Tribal interests are meaningfully considered in decisions affecting water.
