Dear friends,
On August 19, 2026, the Water Board released a final 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. Included in the final draft is the Board’s consideration of the inequitable and deceptive Voluntary Agreements.
The inequitable and scientifically inadequate Voluntary Agreements (VAs) face potential failure as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the massive Westlands Water District indicated that they will not participate in the VAs if the State Water Board approves the updated San Francisco Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan.
The State Water Board will soon be voting on whether to adopt the final draft of the Bay-Delta Plan and VAs.
We need your help to ensure they make the right decision!
Join us on October 28 and/or 29 to raise your voice in opposition to the final draft plan.
This is your final opportunity to voice opposition to the plan, which would be devastating to Tribes, environmental justice communities, and the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
Water Board Public Notice: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/CAWRCB/2026/08/20/file_attachments/3753028/notice-2026finaldrftbdp.pdf
You’re Invited: Bay-Delta Plan Speaker Training:
The Bay Delta Flows Coalition and Save CA Salmon are hosting a virtual speaker training session on October 21, 2026.
We will cover what to expect at the October Board hearings, how to provide public comment, and our analysis of the Bay-Delta Plan and how it will impact Delta communities, and an update on Sites Reservoir proceedings and the upcoming Water Board vote in November.
- Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
- Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AhASthLDT6m9UX1u8ZqTxQ#/registration
How You Can Participate:
The State Water Board will be voting on whether to adopt the final Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements. This is your final opportunity to voice opposition to the plan, which would be devastating to Tribes, environmental justice communities, and the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
- When: October 28-29, 2026 and continuing on October 30, 2026, if necessary
- Time: Hearing starts at 9:00 am each day
- In-Person Location: Joe Serna Jr. CalEPA Building, Coastal Hearing Room
- Address: 1001 I Street, Second Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814
How To Make A Public Comment:
- If you’d like to make a public comment, in person or virtually, please fill out a Speaker Card.
- Virtual Speaking Option: If you plan to participate virtually and would like to speak, please complete a Speaker Card. The Clerk to the Board will email you one business day before the hearing with the information needed to join the meeting.
Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. You can use our Bay-Delta Plan One-Pager to help draft a public comment explaining how the proposed final Bay-Delta Plan would negatively impact your family and community, business or organization, environment, and economic interests.
Have You Commented In The Past?
The final Phase 2 report of the Sacramento/Delta Updates to the Bay-Delta Plan is posted here.
If you previously commented and are interested in seeing responses to your comment :
- Click here and search your first and last name
- After finding it, record your “Letter number” on the left side column
- Then click here and scroll down to “Volume 3: Responses to Comments”
- Continue scrolling down to “4. Responses to Comments Tables”
- Lastly, click on the indexed link that includes your letter number
