Dear Friends, On December 12, 2025, the Water Board released the latest update to the Bay-Delta Plan, a critical rulemaking for ensuring: water quality, river flows and ecosystem protections for the state’s largest and most endangered estuary and watershed. We need you to join us by making a public comment at the upcoming State Water Board Hearings. Click below to register your participation...Read More

Dear Friends, On December 12, 2025, the Water Board released the latest update to the Bay-Delta Plan, a critical rulemaking for ensuring: water quality, river flows and ecosystem protections for the state’s largest and most endangered estuary and watershed. Disappointingly, the update included the inequitable and deceptive Voluntary Agreements, without adequate protections for ecosystems or the tribes and communities that depend...Read More

Dear Friends, Call Assemblymember Wilson today to stop her efforts to undermine public participation in the update to the San Francisco Bay-San Joaquin Delta Plan (“Bay-Delta Plan”)!   AB 497, amended today by Asm. Lori D. Wilson, supported by Solano County Water Agency, seeks to limit the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) review and consideration of comments about the most recent update to the...Read More

We need you to call your state legislators starting today. Click here to find members, especially those who represent your districts. We are asking ALL of our supporters to call state and federal elected officials starting now until we say that everything is good! The issues are complex.   First, let’s deal with the California Legislature. Right...Read More

 The State Water Board hearing is tomorrow! This is an important opportunity for anyone who cares about the Bay-Delta, whether through family, community, work, or culture, to make their voice heard. If you plan to provide a public comment in person, please arrive on time at the CalEPA Building, Byron Sher Hearing Room, before 9:00 AM. If you’re providing a...Read More

Join Restore the Delta at the upcoming Delta Conveyance Project hearing on Monday, May 19th!After the March 24th hearing was disrupted by a Zoom-bombing attack, this new hearing will be held in a hybrid format, meaning the public can now participate either in person or via Zoom to share how the Delta Tunnel Project would negatively impact our communities in...Read More

The March 24th hearing has been HACKED, at this time we are still waiting on an update from the California State Water Board. Restore the Delta will share updates with you as soon as they become available! Important Update: No Notice of Intent (NOI) NO LONGER Required! The Administrative Hearing Office has removed the requirement to submit a...Read More

Dear Friends, Our messaging to the Delta Stewardship Council for tomorrow’s hearing is shifting.  Technically, the Council has determined that geotechnical drilling is not consistent with the Council’s Delta Plan.  We should thank them for that finding. Included in their determination was a great deal of legalese regarding their role, CEQA, and other various scenarios that...Read More

Dear Supporters, Please call and/or e-mail your house representatives today or by Monday and tell them oppose H.R. 1927 (More Water and Security for Californians Act) introduced by Jim Costa of Fresno and Madera county. H.R. 1927 will severely weaken scientifically sound protections for California’s salmon fishery and other native fish in the Bay-Delta estuary...Read More

To learn about a new campaign opposing the Water Bond, you will need to visit www.NoOnProp1.org, and/or follow or “LIKE” No On Prop 1 Facebook or Vote No On Prop 1 on Twitter. Regular updates on this issue will not be forthcoming from Restore the Delta, but from the No On Prop 1 committee. Take...Read More