Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Delta plans completely ignore non-English speakers By Javier Padilla Reyes Special to The Bee Published: Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 – 12:00 am The reckless indifference of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration in failing to provide adequate access and participation for non-English speaking Californians shows that the state’s rush to build the twin Delta...Read More
Media Advisory For: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Contact: Conner Everts, 320/804-6615; connere@west.net; Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; L.A., Statewide Consumer & Environmental Advocates to Tell LA City Council: Don’t Back Gov. Brown’s $60 Billion Water Tunnels; No New Water for LA, But Huge Bill Call for Independent Cost-Benefit Analysis of $60 Billion Tunnels Los...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 13, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: Restore the Delta Tunnel Opponents File FPPC Complaint Against BDCP Architect Jerry Meral for Illegal Lobbying Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels to drain the Delta...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014 The Environmental Water Caucus has responded to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its associated Environmental Impact Report with a stinging 250-page critique of BDCP’s inadequacies and multiple failures to conform to state and federal laws. Among the criticisms detailed in the Caucus’ review are that it is contrary...Read More
“In one of our conversations yesterday, we were talking about adaptive management and how everyone seems to be using the term differently, and the most cynical interpretation of a lot of the use of ‘adaptive management’ is promising to fix it later.” — Dr. Jay Lund, Delta Independent Science Board “If you can’t dazzle them...Read More
Articlo en español For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights Call for Restart and Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for 600,000 Limited-English Speakers Listen to our audio from...Read More
Media Advisory for Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights To Call for Restart & Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for Limited-English Speakers Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta Members: Senator Feinstein's bill S 2198 is a bad deal for the Delta. It will federalize water diversions from the Delta at levels that are bad for farms and fish. Even worse, as the Senator continues to sell the bill as "temporary" drought measures, water advocates continue to find language buried...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 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… SF Gate May 20, 2014 Editorial: Sen. Feinstein’s wrong response to the drought “… it is distressing to see Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., determined to toss out water management policies...Read More
