Fears of Sewage-Infested Waters Spread As California Town Pleas For Help – Newsweek 10/25/23 Californians faced an onslaught of wet weather last winter when more than 12 atmospheric rivers dumped excessive rain on the state. The heavy precipitation erased much of the state’s drought and proved beneficial to the state’s wildfire threat, but it had some concerning...Read More

The Past 12 Months in California Were Among the Wettest Ever – NYTimes 10/16/23So what’s in store for the new water year?State water experts say it’s too early to know for certain whether we’ll have another wet one, or return to drought conditions.But we do know that the climate phenomenon El Niño arrived over the summer...Read More

EPA Accepts Civil Rights Complaint Against California State Water Board – Restore the Delta 8/9/23Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a decision accepting for investigation a civil rights complaint filed by a coalition of tribes and environmental justice organizations over the California State Water Resources Control Board’s discriminatory mismanagement of water quality in California’s...Read More

5 things we learned about Gavin Newsom during the budget – Politico 7/11/23Newsom included in his budget proposal language to fast-track a hotly contested Delta water tunnel to move water to the Southland. Turns out it was mostly a negotiating tactic. Including the proposal — and then summarily dumping it — allowed the administration to make...Read More

(Please click for full stories) California Gov. Newsom’s climate agenda highlights tensions with environmental groups – AP, 7/5/23 (ran nationally)“Being an environmentalist, it means being able to say yes to clean energy projects and clean water projects that will get us off of fossil fuels faster,” York said. “The fight you saw over infrastructure and streamlining is...Read More

Did you miss our Town Hall on October 20th? No worries! You can watch it here.We updated our members on Delta processes, Delta news, the tunnel, flood planning, harmful algal blooms, Federal legislation, and other Delta issues.  We also had a robust conversation with members regarding these issues.All presentations can be found here. We’ve been busy at Restore...Read More

Please join us for another in our popular webinar series on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11 am. On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, our presenters will examine the legacy of this important day and our online guru will teach you about latest strategies for effective movement building, even in a time of social distancing....Read More

Today, Restore the Delta and Sierra Club California sent a letter to Karla Nemeth, Director of California Department of Water Resources, and Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of California Natural Resources Agency, to demand—respectfully—that the California Natural Resources Agency and DWR suspend and cease all Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) activity that entails actions by state and federal agencies on...Read More

One of the major projects we have worked on at Restore the Delta for over two years included bringing many local partners to the table with Cal EPA so they could develop the Stockton Environmental Justice Initiative.  We worked with Little Manila Rising, Fathers and Families of San Joaquin, the Pride Center for San Joaquin...Read More

Editorial: Newsom can’t have it both ways on California water – Los Angeles Times, 12/24/19“But despite his Nov. 21 announcement, Newsom’s team still has not filed the water suit. That’s a bad sign, especially when paired with a proposal by the California Department of Water Resources to operate under new pumping rules that look remarkably like...Read More