For Immediate Release: January 8, 2020Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta has sent a second comment letter to the Bureau of Reclamation regarding the Westlands Prepayment Contract. This second letter focuses on the process by which the negotiation was conducted. Here is our first comment letter dealing with the substance of the contract. Restore the Delta’s executive director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla said:“Twenty...Read More
For Immediate Release: 1/6/2020 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org STOCKTON – Restore the Delta has filed comment letters on two major planning decisions that impact the health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta. The two processes are the Long Term Delta Operations plan for the State Water Contractors and the Westlands Water Contract. RTD sees problems...Read More
Editorial: Newsom can’t have it both ways on California water – Los Angeles Times, 12/24/19“But despite his Nov. 21 announcement, Newsom’s team still has not filed the water suit. That’s a bad sign, especially when paired with a proposal by the California Department of Water Resources to operate under new pumping rules that look remarkably like...Read More
CALL Governor Newsom today and all through the holiday break! It is clear from recent media stories that Westlands Water District is aggressively pushing the Newsom Administration to not litigate against the Bernhardt/Trump Water Plan that will significantly increase pumping from the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Westlands is threatening to walk away from the “voluntary agreements” to set...Read More
Gov. Newsom’s threat to sue Trump upends peace talks on California water wars– SacBee Now, one of the nation’s most powerful farm irrigation districts says it will back out of the agreements completely if Newsom follows through with a pledge to sue President Donald Trump over a federal plan to pump more water to farmers from the...Read More
California water politics complicate House panel’s oversightRoll Call, Washington D.C. 2/16/19Natural Resources chairman wants to investigate Interior secretary’s role in water allocation report that benefited a committee member’s district“Grijalva and Huffman want to know if Bernhardt was involved in changing the report’s findings. If the committee finds evidence of undue meddling in the science, that...Read More
SACRAMENTO HEARINGThursday 12/12/19 on Draft Environmental Impact Report for Long-Term Operation of the SWPThe California Department of Water Resources will hold one public hearing to request comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for long-term operation of the California State Water Project onDecember 12, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.LOCATIONZiggurat Building AuditoriumDepartment of General Services707...Read More
First, two smart takes from Dr. Delta Water Economics, Jeff Michael of the University of the Pacific on Valley Economy Blog 12/9/19Water Supply Reliability Out, Endangered Species Killing Incentives In With New Federal/State Delta Pumping Rules“Water exporters are praising the new rules for their use of real-time operations, as opposed to the old rules that were “calendar...Read More
Yesterday, Delta community members from Restore the Delta, Little Manila Rising, With Our Words, and LGBT+, Social Justice, and neighborhood groups, along with California Striped Bass, Save California Salmon, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Sierra Club California, and Planning and Conservation League achieved a better outcome than anticipated at the...Read More
Friends,It is wrong for the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board to allow 25 years of poisonous selenium discharge into the Delta. Here’s how you can help.Join us at December 5, 2019 at 10 am (note the new time) at the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board to take action! If you cannot attend, you can send a note to @Ashley.Peters@waterboards.ca.gov. In...Read More
