Two great editorials — in case you missed it! Mercury News editorial: Delta tunnels partner Westlands is not trustworthy March 17, 2016 Click here to read. Excerpt: The twin-tunnel project is a bad idea for lots of reasons. Now adding the untrustworthy conduct of a major financial partner, how could Brown even think about moving forward?...Read More
In case you missed it… California Gov. Jerry Brown’s contested $15.7 billion plan to build two giant water tunnels is now entering a decisive year.Associated Press March 18, 2016, at 2:28 a.m. By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SCOTT SMITH, Associated Press Writers Photo caption: People try to catch fish along the Sacramento River in the San Joaquin-Sacramento...Read More
Dear friends, If you take a look at our press release below, you will see that citizen action matters (thank you to all the members who came out to speak at Zone 7's meeting last night and sent the emails to Zone 7 board members)! This is why it is important for you to sign or...Read More
March 16, 2016 The Honorable Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor of California c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 (mailed and faxed) The Delta Tunnels Proposal: Built On A House Of Cards An Open Letter to Governor Brown Dear Governor Brown, It’s time to detach your legacy from the Delta...Read More
Dear friends, It's our 3rd Tuesday of March. Please remember, even with 40% of the funding for the tunnels likely off the table (due to Westlands Enron scandal), the Delta Tunnels permitting process at the State Water Board is still going on. We will be speaking in front of the Board this summer to make...Read More
Dear Friends of Restore the Delta, The Zone 7 Water Agency is scheduled to vote to support the Delta tunnels project at a public meeting this Wednesday. The vote centers around continued financial support. They need to hear from people who oppose the Delta Tunnels project! It is important for urban ratepayers and all of...Read More
Restore the Delta: news of interest: 3/11/2016 Dear friends, Don’t forget to sign our petition telling Metropolitan Water District of SoCal (Met) to reconsider their Delta islands purchase — we need as many signatures as we can get by April 20th. Met will be holding a special meeting on the Delta islands purchase in April, they have put a down payment on the islands...Read More
In case you missed it… A raid on Delta Islands San Francisco Chronicle: Read article at SF Chronicle’s website. March 9, 2016 Updated: March 9, 2016 4:27pm If it’s not a water grab, it comes close. That’s one way to view a move by Southern California’s largest water district to buy a handful of Sacramento Delta...Read More
For Immediate Release: March 9, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – The federal Securities and Exchange Commission charged California’s largest agricultural water district today with misleading investors about its financial condition as it issued a $77 million bond offering, with one of its managers bragging about using “a little Enron accounting.” California’s largest...Read More
Dear friends, The board of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Met) voted on March 8 to buy 20,000 acres of farm islands in the heart of the Delta. Two of the islands lie in the heart of the proposed tunnels route. Jeff Kightlinger, Metropolitan’s general manager, told the Sacramento Bee the islands will be...Read More
