FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Report ignores levee upgrades, repeats debunked claims to promote $100 billion Delta Conveyance Project Sacramento, CA — Today, Restore the Delta and allies denounced the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) newly released State Water Project Adaptation Strategy, calling it a performative effort to justify...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org Newsom’s fast-tracking of legislation will override due process on the controversial Delta Conveyance Project Stockton, Calif. — Today, Restore the Delta held a virtual press conference alongside Tribes and environmental advocates to address the planned reintroduction of the controversial Delta Tunnel trailer...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org SACRAMENTO, CA – The Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), consisting of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta, has urged the State Water Resources Control Board to grant a 90-day extension of the public comment period...Read More
We are sending out this special edition blog rather than a press release due to time constraints and because we cannot verify all information. However, after hearing from multiple independent parties, we felt that these topics needed sunshine. We have received information about significant ethics problems regarding the interview process for a new General Manager at...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, advocates for Delta communities, tribes, and environmental justice denounced the Newsom Administration’s so-called “Delta Conveyance Accountability Action Plan” as a hollow attempt to appease critics while continuing to push forward a deeply flawed and harmful project. Releasing an “Accountability Plan” at...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Tribes and environmental advocates raise alarm over exclusionary “voluntary agreements” and ecological impacts Sacramento, Calif. — The California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) released its long-awaited proposed updates to the San Francisco Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan (“Bay-Delta Plan”), a critical policy governing water quality...Read More
Read more from our Flood and Land Restoration Manager, Artie Valencia “On May 2nd, 2025, the Trump Administration announced proposed cuts to the Army Corps of Engineers’ construction budget as part of its FY 2026 “skinny budget” that slashes funds for levee upgrades by 53%. The Delta is a system that is held by a...Read More
Project is Overvalued, Under-Analyzed, and a Massive Blow to Ratepayers and the Environment Dear Friends,On behalf of our friends at California Water Impact Network, who completed this excellent work, We want to share a powerful new report and testimony that shares the updated costs of the Delta Conveyance Project. Prepared by the environmental economics firm ECOnorthwest, this report documents how...Read More
For Immediate Release:July 8, 2025 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta has been awarded a major grant from North Valley THRIVE’s Catalyst Fund to support the next phase of the Mormon Slough Restoration project, a transformative effort to reconnect Stockton’s communities with their waterways while improving flood protection, environmental health, and economic opportunity....Read More
Thank you to all of our members, partners and supporters who showed up to advocate for the Delta and against the Delta Tunnel. While the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) trailer bill did pass with the state budget, your calls and emails made a difference. Lawmakers have now committed to working on amendments that address...Read More