Dear friends, Tune in at 9 am today to hear us on KQED forum. Two people on the panel will be representing the views and interests of Delta Tunnel proponents. Only Restore the Delta will be representing concerns of all uses in the Bay-Delta region so make sure to get your tough questions in and answered...Read More
NOTE: Bookmark this link to WATCH/LISTEN to the California WaterFix Delta Tunnels hearing LIVE: https://video.calepa.ca.gov/ This is an important process to the approval of the Delta Tunnels plan and expected to continue in the following weeks. Catch up on great policy statements made in front of the Board for the first day of hearings by various community groups we organized by reading our live...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY for Tuesday July 26, 2016 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384 brian@bpspr.com WHAT: Governor Brown’s Delta Tunnels hearing before the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The hearing is expected to last weeks. WHEN: Policy statements begin on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 9:00 AM WHERE: 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA BACKGROUND In 2015,...Read More
Our Tumblr intern with his first blog entry on how Pokemon Go is connecting teens to the Delta in Stockton. Follow us on Tumblr for special guest blogging, infographics and more! I never expected to be in the heart of downtown Stockton in the middle of the night. It’s not the kind of thing people...Read More
Weekly Summary: July 24, 2016 Action Alert: UC Davis Course on the Delta and Facebook Live Video Update UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your...Read More
Dear friends, UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your knowledge of how this project will destroy the Delta. We will be busy at that time...Read More
Transition Berkeley Presents Film & Discussion: Save the Delta – Over Troubled Waters Thursday, August 4, 2016 (6:30 pm – refreshments, 7-9 pm – program) Join us for this visually rich documentary, “Over Troubled Waters,” the story of the battle being fought by the people of the Delta to protect the region they love and...Read More
For Immediate Release: 7/21/16 Contact: Tom Keeling, Principal, Freeman Firm, Stockton CA (209) 474-1818 San Francisco – The California Supreme Court has reversed a Court of Appeal decision that favored Delta landowners against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). In doing so, however, it did hand Delta landowners a limited victory by “reforming” the statute at issue. DWR...Read More
For Immediate Release 7/19/2016 Contact: Bob Wright, Senior Counsel, Friends of the River (916) 442-3155 x207 Sacramento – As the Associated Press reported last week, California Governor Jerry Brown has hired former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt to “work to resolve long-standing water supply and ecological challenges in the delta.” In that role,...Read More
Sacramento – Late Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources released their “Revised Draft Biological Assessment” for the California Water Fix (Delta Tunnels). The document is posted online here. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service will use the document to decide whether the tunnels would...Read More
