As the State Water Board prepares to adopt the updated Bay-Delta Plan this week, San Francisco Chronicle reporting reveals significant flaws surrounding the proposal’s implementation and funding.   The article points to the lack of buy-in from major water suppliers, including East Bay Municipal Utility District and Santa Clara Valley Water District, as a source of...Read More

The Los Angeles Times took a deep dive into the controversy surrounding the Newsom administration’s agreement to pay a private investment firm $180 million for a relatively small amount of additional water for Sacramento River salmon. At roughly $36,000 per acre-foot, dozens of times what cities pay for a single year of water on average,...Read More

Several critical water bills that we are tracking at Restore the Delta were heard in the Legislature this week – here are some key updates.  SB 872 Passes Through Committee SB 872, a bill that would dedicate $300 million annually to address two major threats to California’s water supply, aging levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin...Read More