FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it … San Francisco Chronicle Insight: Billionaires’ influence felt in state’s water policy Barbara Barrigan Parrilla Sunday, April 27, 2014 To track the outsized influence of Stewart and Lynda Resnick is tough because they...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 24, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Responds to MWD’s Secret Campaign to Keep its Water Monopoly and Destroy Delta Farms & Fisheries: MWD will stop at nothing; Westlands planning $1 million blitz Restore the Delta Executive Director...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… San Jose Mercury News editorial: Feinstein bill risks further damage to Delta April 22, 2014 California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s willingness to do Big Ag’s bidding at the expense of the...Read More
Unlikely Partnerships Spring From California Water Crisis NPR All Things Considered By Kirk Siegler Listen or read transcript of radio news story here. Excerpt from story: “We’ve created in California an unsustainable water system where those who have political power and money really can put pressure on the government to deliver the water that they...Read More
Yesterday, Restore the Delta submitted joint comments on Assemblymember Anthony Rendon’s water bond (AB1331). Click here to read our joint comment letter on AB1331.Read More
We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. – Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Articles Hunger and thirst Speaking of BDCP …. 2014 State of Our Rivers Symposium Hunger and thirst By Jane Wagner-Tyack UOP economist Dr. Jeffrey Michael reports in an April 7 blog post that between 2007...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 17, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… Sacramento Bee Editorial: Dianne Feinstein’s water bill is an overreach By the Editorial Board Published: Thursday, Apr. 17, 2014 – 12:00 am Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s drought bill, introduced in...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Gov. Brown’s Tunnel Implementation Plan Lacks Answers: Who will pay? Users Claim to Pay, But No Commitment Yet Made on Finances or Operations 60 Days Left but Governor Brown’s peripheral tunnels project still lacks...Read More
Planning to submit a public comment or need guidance? Missed and attended our BDCP Letter Writing Party on 5/13/14? Here are all the materials we used. Feel free to send your letters to jane@restorethedelta.org, barbara@restorethedelta.org, or stina@restorethedelta.org for a critique or for any help! Deadline for BDCP Public Comment on Draft and EIR/S has now...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… KPCC Southern California Public Radio and The Center for Responsive Politics The politics of drought: California water interest prime the pump in Washington Kitty Felde and Viveca Novak April...Read More
