Media Alert, December 29, 2013 The Pacifica Evening News State Weighs Cost and Benefit of Bay Delta Plan Click here to listen or download. New figures say the true cost of building the twin tunnels to ship water to Central Valley farmers and Southern California cities would be more than double the current 25 billion...Read More
Article of Interest for December 26, 2013 San Jose Mercury News Delta tunnels plan’s true price tag: As much as $67 billion By Paul Rodgers For more than a year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has been describing his plan to build two massive water tunnels through the Delta as a $25 billion project. That would...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 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… The Los Angeles Times Shaky rationale behind Brown tunnel plan Promoters of a $25-billion plumbing project say a major quake could topple levees. Experts find holes in that argument....Read More
Sac Bee Cartoon 12/15/13 Field Day (click to enlarge) SF Chronicle Cartoon 12/15/13 (click to enlarge) Restore the Delta: News of Interest 12/16/13 Listen to: Twin Tunnels Protest KGO-810am 5pm SF, CA 12-13-2013 Brown’s top water official to retire Sacramento...Read More
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… Jeff Michael’s Valley Economy Blog Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Comparing the Financial Hole in the Delta Water Tunnels Plan to High-Speed Rail A comment I made comparing the tunnels to high speed rail...Read More
CALIFORNIANS FOR A FAIR WATER POLICY No Wasteful Water Projects No Tunnels! http://www.stopthetunnels.org Media Advisory for Friday, December 13, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Opponents to Rally Against Governor’s Water Export Tunnels as Public Comment Period Begins: Our Comment “No Tunnels!” Friday, December 13, North Steps, State Capitol, 12:00 pm “Death of...Read More
Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and associated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) Now Available for Public Review and Comment Public Meetings: for complete list click here You are invited to attend one of the twelve public meetings being held throughout California in January and February 2014 to learn more about the Draft BDCP and Draft EIR/EIS,...Read More
Newspaper articles of interest from 12/9/13 BDCP Release Delta water tunnel plan presents California with tough choices By Matt Weiser – Published: 12:00 am (Photos) A formal draft of the $25 billion Bay Delta Conservation Plan was released to the public Monday, raising many questions about river flows, wildlife habitat and the future of rural towns in the Sacramento San ...Read More
Here are some videos of our response to Secretary John Laird’s presentation to the Santa Clara Valley Water District on Dec. 9th. Restore the Delta, Jane Wagner-Tack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxXIT0_gB9Q Restore the Delta, Michael Frost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obDxWcJreb8 Concerned flyfisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWta3qD6HUY Outside statement from RTD, FGF, F&WW, EWC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvT79Nzjt8ARead More
CALIFORNIANS FOR A FAIR WATER POLICY No Wasteful Water Projects No Tunnels! http://www.stopthetunnels.org For Immediate Release Monday, December 9, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft; Contacts for all participating groups below. Farmers, Fishermen, Environmentalists & Consumers Launch Campaign Against BDCP Tunnels: Too Costly, Create No New Water, Better Solutions Available $50 billion Boondoggle...Read More
