Action Alerts

Use Your Voice for the Delta! Join Our Virtual Bay-Delta Plan Comment Speaker Training

Dear friends, On August 19, 2026, the Water Board released a final 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. Included in the final draft is the Board’s consideration of the inequitable and deceptive Voluntary Agreements.  The inequitable and scientifically inadequate Voluntary Agreements (VAs) face potential failure as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the massive Westlands Water District indicated that they...
Read More

Contact Gov. Newsom Today:Voice Your Support for AB 2218 and SB 872!

Dear friends, The 2026 legislative session concluded on August 31, and the next important deadline is quickly approaching. Governor Newsom now has until Wednesday, September 30, to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature. With AB 2218 and SB 872 now on the Governor’s desk, we need your help urging the Governor to sign both bills into law. Read more...
Read More

Legislative Roundup: Two Key Water Bills Advance to Governor’s Desk as Two Bad Bills Are Defeated

Dear friends, With the conclusion of the 2026 legislative session on August 31, 2026, we are excited to share the many wins you all made possible through your constant engagement over the past several months, including two bills passing to the Governor’s desk and two bad bills defeated.  This year, AB 2026 and AB 2215 were successfully killed, and SB 872...
Read More

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Speak out and oppose the final draft of theBay-Delta Plan! 

Dear friends, As the 2026 legislative session comes to an end on August 31, we write to share some important updates. Dear Friends, On August 20, 2026, the Water Board released a final 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....
Read More

End of Legislative Session Updates 

Dear friends, As the 2026 legislative session comes to an end on August 31, we write to share some important updates. Last night AB/SB 113 language was released. The budget language included:  $75 million for projects in the Delta that improve existing levees for the purposes of flood protection and climate resiliency;  Of that total, $30 million is...
Read More

ACTION ALERT UPDATE: AB 2218 Advances, But California Forever is Still Alive 

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...
Read More

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Voice your Opposition to the CA Forever Trailer Bill and Support AB 2218

Dear friends, The 2026 legislative session comes to an end on August 31, and we need your help. Right now, we are urging legislators to ensure that harmful trailer legislation, such as the California Forever Trailer Bill targeting Solano County, does not move forward, while supporting inclusive and equitable legislation like AB 2218, the Indigenous Water Rights Bill....
Read More

Legislative Roundup: Appropriations Passes Two Key Water Bills, One Bad Bill Defeated

Several critical water bills that we are tracking at Restore the Delta were heard in the Legislature this week – here are some key updates.  SB 872 Passes Through Committee SB 872, a bill that would create a dedicated fund to address two major threats to California’s water supply, aging levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
Read More

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Contact Senator Becker to oppose AB 2215 

Dear Friends, The State Water Contractors are attempting to advance AB 2215 as a legislative solution to DWR’s expired water rights for the State Water Project and the DCP, rather than through proper procedure at the State Water Board. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Calderon, will be heard at the Senate Natural Resources and Water...
Read More