VICTORY! Rep. Eric Swalwell Retracts Letter Supporting the WIFIA Loans for CA Water Fix! On Monday August 13th, Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15 Dublin) sent a letter of support for the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan application to Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the US Environmental Protection Administration. Today, his staff...Read More
On August 21, the State Water Board will hold a public meeting for their Bay-Delta Plan updates in Sacramento. Unfortunately, the period to receive written comments via email, snail mail, or over the phone is over—this means that we need as many activists as possible to deliver public comments in-person on August 21. Depending on...Read More
BREAKING: Joint Legislative Budget Committee Hearing for the Tunnels has been POSTPONED Indefinitely; Our Next Step to Defeating the Tunnels! We have a win to celebrate today! Your calls, tweets, and emails have successfully POSTPONED the Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearing indefinitely! This small victory is a testament of what we can achieve when...Read More
We only have days left to stop a corrupt water handout to big agriculture and a blank check on California taxpayers. Please participate in this calling campaign put together by Food and Water Watch to help stop the Delta tunnels. Three key state legislators – Senator Holly Mitchell, President pro tempore of the State Senate Toni Atkins, and...Read More
Our friends at Food & Water Watch need your help. It’s time to tell key legislators: it would be completely irresponsible to hold a final hearing on the water contract until we have all the information! From our friends at Food & Water Watch: In the ongoing saga to stop Governor Brown’s multi-billion dollar corporate...Read More
Thank you to Attorney General Becerra for opposing the Calvert, Valadao, and Denham riders. His fine letter expresses why these riders should be opposed. Read his letter here.Read More
Our Executive Director, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, was featured on Capital Public Radio on July 30th to discuss the State Water Resources Control Board’s most recent updates to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan. Listen below. Read More
For immediate release: July 27, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556, tim@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta Submits Comments on Bay-Delta Plan Updates; SWRCB Prohibits Discussion of Plan Updates at WaterFix Hearing STOCKTON, CA – Today, Restore the Delta submitted their comments regarding the...Read More
MODESTO, CA – Today, an environmental coalition comprised of Restore the Delta, Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and Save California Salmon held a press conference outside of Representative Jeff Denham’s (R-Turlock) Modesto office in response to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to Denham’s district to discuss Valley water rights and California water infrastructure...Read More
For immediate release: 7/19/2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Delta Tunnels Construction JPA Greenlights Professional Services Agreement with the Hallmark Group; Finance JPA Set to Pursue EPA WIFIA Loans Today, the Construction Joint Powers Authority for the Delta tunnels, or Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority, met in...Read More
