In Sacramento Superior Court last week, eighteen Sacramento County landowners represented by attorney Thomas Keeling prevailed in a case challenging the attempt by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to access private property for exploratory drilling to collect data for the Peripheral Tunnels. Superior Courts in San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties have already ruled...Read More

Those concerned about disruptions in water deliveries in the event of an earthquake –induced levee failure in the Delta should be taking a look at the Emergency Fabric Pipeline developed by inventor Terry Spragg.  To see how it works, you can watch this video on YouTube. Over four years ago, Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager of...Read More

Restore the Delta has gotten the attention of the deceptively-named Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, which has published a newsletter, “Delta Watch,” accusing us of being a front group for developers out to pave over the Delta for profit. This is really ironic because the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta is being bankrolled by Beverly...Read More

Congressman John Garamendi of Fairfield has introduced H.R. 6484, the Shielding Against Flood Emergencies, or SAFE, Levee Act to strengthen Delta levees and require a cost-benefit analysis of the Peripheral Tunnel Proposal.  According to the press release issued by the Congressman’s office, “For 60 years, the Bureau of Reclamation has used the levees to ship...Read More