By: Artie ValenciaOn April 18th, 2024, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency Board authorized balloting for a proposed property assessment to fund levee construction and maintenance for the Mossdale Tract Area which includes portions of South Stockton (Weston Ranch), Lathrop, Manteca, and adjacent unincorporated areas. Assessment ballots have been mailed to affected property owners....Read More

In case you missed it, several news stories of interest regarding the problematic cost-benefit for the Delta Conveyance Project analysis are listed below for you. California’s water tunnel to cost $20 billion. State officials say the benefits are worth it – AP News 5/16/24 …The analysis released Thursday notes the environmental impacts include lost agricultural land,...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 16, 2024 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org The updated $20.1 billion dollar price tag for the project does not include negative impacts to those directly affected by the project. Stockton, CA – According to Department of Water Resources (DWR) officials in a benefit-cost analysis released today, the Delta...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2024 Contacts:  Eric Buescher, Managing Attorney, San Francisco Baykeeper, 510.671.5402, eric@baykeeper.org Stephanie Safdi, Clinical Supervising Attorney, Environmental Law Clinic/Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford Law School, 513-324-1965, Ssafdi@stanford.edu Sacramento, Calif – A broad coalition of California tribes, nonprofits, environmental organizations, and commercial fishing groups have filed a protest with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), calling on...Read More

By: Sara Medina NEW Rice Farming in the Delta Video!  The third video of Restore the Delta’s Rice Farming in the Delta series is here! Jerred Dixon, fifth-generation Delta farmer, and Staten Island Director, discusses the importance of rice farming, specifically in the Delta, and offers new perspectives on how it can help different aspects of...Read More

For Immediate Release: May 10, 2024  Contact:  Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 Sacramento, CA – Despite a Superior Court ruling that sets limits on the Department of Water Resources’ ability to sell water bonds, a potential $27.6 billion budget deficit that will impact workers, healthcare, and education, and reversals toland-water restoration investments to mitigate climate change impacts, the Department of Water...Read More

San Joaquin County, Sacramento County, and Sacramento County Water Agency have filed motions for preliminary injunction against the State of California to stop geotechnical drilling and other exploratory activities related to the Delta Conveyance Project, also known as the Delta tunnel.   Restore the Delta is one of several Tribal and environmental parties that has also filed a motion for injunction...Read More

Over the weekend, ABC 10 published its latest series uncovering the truth about the threats posed by the Delta Conveyance Project to Delta communities, Tribes, and the environment.  The series prominently features our Executive Director, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, and provides a look back at the last decade of the fight to stop the Delta tunnel.  Barrigan-Parrilla revisits how...Read More

Livestream the panels on April 24-26 starting at 9:00am PT at https://video.calepa.ca.gov/ or https://www.youtube.com/user/BoardWebSupport Restore the Delta, as part of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), will be participating in panel presentations at the California State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) voluntary agreements (VA) public workshop to address the negative impacts of VAs. In particular, what will be covered is...Read More

“Guardians of the Estuary: Community Leaders in the Delta” was inspired by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition’s (‘DTEC’) Civil Rights Complaint filed with the US Environmental Protection Agency against the State Water Resources Control Board. Cintia Cortez, Restore the Delta’s Policy Analyst and coordinator of DTEC, shares more information about the petition and complaint filed...Read More