Weekly Summary: July 17, 2016 Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of new debt if their settlement with the Federal government is authorized by Congress. This new debt is the result of now being...Read More
ICYMI: Delta Tunnels News from Restore the Delta July 15, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" Fitch Ratings Service notes: Drainage Settlement Could Pressure District The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of...Read More
One night, two events, two different views on managing California water Last Wednesday night, folks interested in California water had two big public events to choose from. One was a slick and very political sales pitch; the other was a thoughtful discussion of science. One event was held at the Sacramento Bee headquarters, and the...Read More
Dear friends, Restore the Delta is the only in-Delta organization with members in outside water districts that are voting as to whether or not to support and fund the Delta tunnels. We are working with our members outside the Delta to show them how to tell tunnel proponents no to supporting the project in person and...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: July 12, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384 brian@bpspr.com Advocates Denounce Biased Delta Tunnels Event at Sacramento Bee WHAT: Sacramento Bee’s “Conversation” with Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) WHERE: The Sacramento Bee, 2100 Q Street, Sacramento, CA WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 6:00 PM WHO:...Read More
In case you missed it! A great op-ed by Rep. McNerney and below an update on California drought bills by McClatchyDC. The Record Guest view: United defense key to Delta's future By Rep. Jerry McNerney July 9, 2016 Read article at the original source. With more predictions of drought-like conditions for California in the near future, it...Read More
Weekly Summary: July 8, 2016 Another Water District Charging Property Taxes for Delta Tunnels Planning: Zone 7 Water Agency Documents released under the California Public Records Act reveal that the Zone 7 Water Agency of Alameda County has been using property taxes to pay for Delta Tunnels (BDCP/CA WaterFix) planning costs before even one shovel...Read More
UPDATE July 14, 2016: We met with the Zone 7 Water Agency Finance Committee today. Their staff misunderstood our PRA request and did not provide all the documents we had initially requested. They provided more information today that shows that they did NOT use property taxes to pay for tunnels planning. They apologized for their...Read More
On June 30, 2016 the California Natural Resources Agency put out another “fact sheet” extolling the virtues of the proposed California WaterFix (Delta Tunnels). This new effort is entitled “Fast Facts” and like most of the claims made by tunnel proponents, it plays fast and loose with the facts. Let’s take a deeper...Read More
In case you missed it… The Los Angeles Times Capitol Journal: Big fish in small pond: No room for bass in Gov. Jerry Brown's delta tunnel plan By George Skelton June 30, 2016 Original link here "Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton….” Hold it there. Cotton growers don’t like...Read More
