A BDCP Finance Working Group meeting scheduled for July 10 to review the Statewide Economic Impact Study has been rescheduled for August 8. We hope they realized that this study will not take the place of the cost/benefit analysis that BDCP promised at the beginning of the year and that we still haven’t seen. We...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… A voice in the desert wilderness By Lloyd Carter Originally Published Mon, 07/01/2013 Chronicles of the hydraulic brotherhood Click here to read online On the day before the start of...Read More
Two important BDCP meetings are coming up in July that we encourage Restore the Delta supporters to attend/monitor if they have time. (Remember, we are not yet reviewing the public draft of the EIR. That is due to begin in October, so if your time to participate is limited, save it up for commenting during...Read More
In case you missed it… The Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Calls for new storage ignore need for reforms of how we use water By John A. Lawrence Special to The Bee Originally Published Thursday, Jun. 20, 2013 There are no politics like water politics. For Westerners, and Californians in particular, no issue excites passions, fuels regionalism...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta Friends, The California Legislature is beginning the process to craft a new water bond. We are asking all our members to call and/or write Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and tell him: We are calling on you to protect the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta estuary. Therefore,...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, June 17, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Statewide Coalition of Fishing, Wildlife, Farming Community Advocates Sues to Halt Delta Plan, Water Export Tunnels “Arbitrary, Destructive” State Action Violates Delta Reform Act and CEQA; Lawsuit Aims to “Set Aside” State Plan, Require Study of Alternatives SAN FRANCISCO, CA...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, June 17, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Fishing, Environmental, Farming Advocates to Sue to Halt Delta Plan, Water Export Tunnels San Francisco, CA – A statewide group of fishing, environmental and farming groups will announce the filing of a lawsuit to stop the Delta Plan, which lays...Read More
In case you missed it… Valley Economy Changing the Baseline: The Biggest Problem in the New BDCP Economic Rationalization of the Tunnels By Dr. Jeffrey Michael Originally published Tuesday, June 11th Both environmental assessments and economic assessments of proposed major infrastructure critically depend on a baseline or no-action scenario. This scenario defines the conditions that are expected if the project is not...Read More
If you didn’t know anything about BDCP, you wouldn’t get the real story from the plan’s website. The page “About the BDCP” will tell you that “The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is being prepared by a group of local water agencies, environmental and conservation organizations, state and federal agencies, and other interest groups.” What do...Read More
Restore the Delta has been saying since last summer that the total cost of the Peripheral Tunnels/BDCP would be close to $55 billion, not the $14 billion BDCP kept talking about. Here, from the BDCP’s own documents, are supporting details of projected costs for the 50 years of the permit period: Construction – $14.5 billion...Read More
