PDF Version here. Watch the hearing here at CalChannel. Senate Select Committee on The Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Informational Hearing Are the Tunnels Good for California? Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Good morning. Thank you Chair Wolk and committee members. I am Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla with Restore the Delta. I represent over 25,000 Californians who want...Read More
For Release: 8/18/2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org, Twitter @RestoreTheDelta In Case You Missed It August 17, 2015 Documents: Huge water tunnels not yet approved, but California already planning to take farms By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State contractors have readied plans to acquire as many...Read More
Follow us on Twitter for more: @RestoretheDelta. Most recent tweets are on top. To read our full comment, go here. Bill Wells @DeltaChamber says @CAWaterFix #DeltaTunnels will benefit NO ONE in the Delta — we would say this applies to entire state too! — Restore the Delta (@RestoretheDelta) August 18, 2015 Bill Wells @deltachamber: Former...Read More
For release: August 17, 2015 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053 Thomas H. Keeling, attorney for Delta landowners, (209) 474-1818 Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed Alliance, (310) 804-6615 DELTA TUNNELS “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms Public opposition & lack of permits don’t deter Department of Water Resources (Delta Design...Read More
For Release: 8/13/2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org, Twitter @RestoreTheDelta VIDEO: Restore the Delta Sends Public Comments to President Obama and Secretary Jewell Sacramento – Today, Restore the Delta sent public comments in the form of two DVD videos to President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Watch the Video Read the...Read More
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter:@RestoretheDelta DELTA TUNNELS: Think the Tunnels are a Good Deal? We’ve Got a (Bay) Bridge to Sell You Stockton, CA – Today, Restore the Delta released a side-by-side comparison of two massive public works projects in California that looks at the promised costs, seismic...Read More
For Release: 7/31/2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org, Twitter @RestoreTheDelta In Case You Missed It: Articles of Interest on Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Delta Supporters “Transform the Open House” in Sacramento (Photo Gallery) On July 28, 2015, Restore the Delta brought some of their 25,000 supporters to rally in front of the...Read More
ADVISORY: for Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta DELTA TUNNELS: Faux Public Hearing Tuesday, July 28, Sacramento Restore the Delta activists plan to “Transform the Open House” Sacramento – On Tuesday, July 28, the first of two “open houses” will be held on the Delta Tunnels...Read More
For Immediate Release: 7/23/15 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org, @RestoretheDelta Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta (510) 847-7556 tim@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta Files Protest Over State Water Board’s Changes to Delta Outflows Board is picking winners and losers in a drought Sacramento – Restore the Delta has filed a...Read More
For Immediate Release, July 22, 2015 Contact: Robert Wright, Friends of the River, (916) 442-3155 x 207, bwright@friendsoftheriver.org Conner Everts, Environmental Water Caucus, (310) 804-6615, connere@gmail.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org Agencies Promoting Delta Water Diversions Asked to Correct Tunnel VisionState and Federal...Read More
