Action Alerts

Action Alert: Protect Levee Construction & Maintenance Efforts Needed to Reduce Flood Risk in South Stockton

Urgent Call to Action Amidst the looming flood risk, it’s crucial to recognize the imperative need for comprehensive floodplain restoration across all of California. The current reliance on channelized rivers falls short, evident in the imminent threat of the LA River reaching overflow levels. Incorporating wetlands into river outlets is non-negotiable, serving as a vital...
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Sunday Roundup: Delta Tunnel Action Alert + Future Delta Leaders Symposium

The proposed Tunnel is a 1995 answer to new challenges California faces in 2022.At the end of July, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) dropped the environmental impact report (EIR) on the proposed Delta Conveyance Project. While the Newsom Administration is wasting time and failing to solve serious problems in the present, RTD is busy...
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Delta Tunnel DEIR Process Begins

The proposed Tunnel is a 1995 answer to the challenges California faces in 2022. At the end of July, Department of Water Resources (DWR) dropped the environmental impact report (EIR) on the proposed Delta Conveyance Project. While the Newsom Administration is wasting time and failing to solve serious problems in the present. We at RTD are tackling...
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Write Governor Newsom About the Tunnel and CA Water Planning!

Restore the Delta received word over the weekend that the Department of Water Resources will be releasing their Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) early this week for the Delta Conveyance Project. Documents for federal review of the project will be released later this fall.
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Tell State Legislators DWR Tunnel Propaganda is Unacceptable

Sacramento River Flow HEARINGS: November 17th, December 1st, and December 11th On April 20th, 2022, the Department of Water Resources sent out a non-factual statement about how the Delta Conveyance Project is the answer to managing our water system for climate change.
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Bay-Delta Plan Hearings

Sacramento River Flow HEARINGS: November 17th, December 1st, and December 11th Restore the Delta and partners have been advocating through petitions filed with the State Water Resources Control Board, and with US EPA, for movement by the State Water Board to finish the Bay-Delta Plan. While we wait for implementation of Phase I (San Joaquin...
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ACTION ALERT – Bay-Delta Plan Hearings

Action Alert – Bay-Delta Plan (Staff Report)  Sacramento River Flow HEARINGS: November 17th, December 1st, and December 11th Restore the Delta and partners have been advocating through petitions filed with the State Water Resources Control Board, and with US EPA, for movement by the State Water Board to finish the Bay-Delta Plan. While we wait...
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Gov. Newsom, No to CEQA Changes in Budget Trailer Bills 

Portions of the Governor’s proposed Trailer Bills that would significantly weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) could be approved as early as next week. Tell the Governor we reject his secretive trailer bill effort, which excludes public input and evades the democratic process. We provide a suggestedphone/email script below but encourage you to use your own words. ...
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TAKE ACTION! Oppose Newsom’s Budget Trailer Bills that Threaten the Health and Livelihood of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Delta Communities. 

Restore the Delta has submitted a letter of opposition against Governor Newsom’s efforts of gutting the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through his Budget Trailer Bills.  These Budget Trailer Bills jeopardize weakening CEQA, and if passed could have huge impacts on water and other related climate infrastructure. One of the proposed bills could speed up the permit...
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