Outrage Mounts Over Governor’s Abuse of Budget Process to Advance Water Grab Stockton, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revise budget includes a dangerous suite of trailer bills that creates entirely new law and statutory carve outs specifically for the controversial Delta Conveyance Project by gutting public oversight, weakening environmental protections, and trampling on tribal...Read More

For Immediate Release:May 14, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Stockton, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal, announced as part of his May Revise, includes an alarming effort to bypass longstanding legal, environmental, and public participation processes in order to fast-track the controversial Delta Conveyance Project — a massive underground water tunnel that would divert water from the...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 13, 2025 CONTACT: Stephanie Safdi, stephanie.safdi@YLSClinics.org New Motion by State Water Contractors Undermines Transparency and Raises Concerns of Bad Faith Sacramento, CA – A coalition of thirty-two California Native Tribes, environmental justice organizations, Delta counties, water agencies and other Delta advocates has filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the State Water Resources...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    October 10, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS:  Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org  Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org  Sacramento, Calif. – Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, together with the California Indian Environmental Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Golden State Salmon Association, submitted a...Read More

For Immediate Release: September 4, 2024 Contact:Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 SWRCB Urged to Uphold Law and Protect Tribal Water Rights in Delta Sacramento, CA – Yesterday, the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, on behalf of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), (Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Shingle Springs Band...Read More

For Immediate Release: August 22, 2024 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Hearing Officer Vacates Key Deadlines, Acknowledging Conflicts in the Permitting Process Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta, alongside the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition Partners — including Buena Vista Rancheria, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and the Environmental Justice Law and...Read More

Restore the Delta note: This press release was sent out originally by the Delta Counties Coalition. Congratulations to them on their fine work! For Immediate Release:June 20, 2024 Contacts:Thomas Keelingtkeeling@freemanfirm.com(209) 474-1818 or (209)-598-8424 Osha Meserveosha@semlawyers.com(916) 425-9914 Roger Moorerbm@landwater.com(510) 918-3119  Sacramento, Calif. — Today, the Sacramento County Superior Court enjoined geotechnical investigations that the California Department of Water Resources...Read More

A February 29, 2024 Los Angeles Times feature story by Hayley Smith and Ian James gives voice to opponents of the Delta Conveyance Project who argue project would be an environmental catastrophe. The article details how the tunnel risks worsening the fragile Delta ecosystem by increasing salinity, harming water quality, and jeopardizing endangered species like the Delta smelt and...Read More

Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our...Read More

 – Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaWe have heard that voluntary agreement talks to set new flow standards for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary have resumed. Apparently, there is a push to cut a deal by mid-August so that related project money could work its way into next year’s state budget.We have heard that not much has changed in the...Read More