Dear Friend, HR 5781 by Rep. Valadao passed the House of Representatives today. We need you to call your Senators and Pacific Northwest Senators now. It seems that we are going to have to rally one more time before the holidays. News reports and sources tell us that Senator Feinstein will insert language that will...Read More
• Watch here: C-SPAN: House Water Bill Debate video • San Francisco Op-Ed: Feinstein’s efforts disappointingly undemocratic By Lois Kazakoff on December 8, 2014 6:06 PM Just days after promising to bring highly controversial water legislation to the Senate through “regular order” in January, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appears poised to ram through a bill...Read More
Dear Friend, UPDATE: HR 5781 by Rep. Valadao passed the House of Representatives today. We need you to call your Senators and Pacific Northwest Senators now. It seems that we are going to have to rally one more time before the holidays. News reports and sources tell us that Senator Feinstein will insert language that...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, December 5, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Call for Senator Dianne Feinstein to Keep Her Word on Drought Legislation H.R. 5781 will jeopardize future urban water supplies Reservoirs could be over pump for present agricultural water needs Stockton, CA- Restore the...Read More
Congressman Jared Huffman speaks brilliantly on the Delta fisheries and northern California water supplies. Watch the hearing here: http://bit.ly/1FRsaPLRead More
Northern California Delegation Statement on Flawed, Discriminatory House Republican Water Bill Members: “The drought does not stop at the edge of congressional districts.” WASHINGTON-Today, Northern California Representatives Jared Huffman (D-02), George Miller (D-11) Mike Thompson (D-05), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), John Garamendi (D-03), and Ami Bera (D-07) released the following statement regarding the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Rep. David Valadao’s H.R. 5781 Throws Out Protections for Fisheries, Farms & Humans; Turns Up the Pumps for Westlands Growers Central Valley Congressional Representatives seek to smother Endangered Species Protections, and...Read More
Congressman David Valadao has authored H.R. 5781 which was introduced on the House Floor last night (December 2, 2014). A first reading of the bill reveals that it does little to "solve water shortages" resulting from the drought, but it does alter how environmental protection statutes are implemented and enforced for the San Francisco Bay-Delta...Read More
This workshop will provide Delta and California water advocates an opportunity to learn about needed Delta outflows from Delta farming, Delta estuary and mountain rivers perspectives and how to become engaged with upcoming State Water Resources Control Board processes. Click here for more information, for agenda and for flyer. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m....Read More
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 1, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Bechtel-Funded Water Storage Study: Half-Baked Promotes Destructive Delta Tunnels and Links New Dams to Tunnels Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain...Read More
