Immediate Delta Threat By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Because the Delta tunnel project has been such a long, all-consuming process/fight/project/challenge, we find that for many of our followers there is reduced bandwidth to engage with serious scenarios facing the Delta that need at times more of our attention than the tunnel. (The first round of many environmental...Read More
Will major scandal at Metropolitan Water District save Delta communities from the tunnel? – Sacramento News and Review 3/2/21Now, MWD’s leadership is facing calls for audits and investigations into its work culture from state assembly members, the president of the Los Angeles City Council and a major public employee union. The results of such probes could...Read More
Hello, Restore the Delta activists and supporters, It has been a while since our last chat. Let’s start with the good news!Restore the Delta has a new team of university students who are working on climate/water issues for the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. Funded by the Irvine Foundation and Sierra Health Fund, these leaders from Stockton who...Read More
February 14, 2021 In an exclusive by The Sacramento Bee and The Guardian, Ryan Sabalow, Jimmy Tobias, Emily Holden, and Dale Kasler report on how federal biologists were sidelined by Trump officials in making determinations that have further decimated the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary. Their report, “Trump sending more California water to farms troubled...Read More
‘They thought I was so low’: Women say they were harassed, bullied, ignored at powerful water agency – Los Angeles Times 2/12/21In interviews with 20 current and former staffers and reviews of hundreds of pages of district records, court documents and audio recordings, The Times found a pattern of complaints alleging harassment and bullying of women...Read More
Hello everyone, While RTD is still operating virtually, we like to keep you updated on our recent policy work. On Monday, we submitted these comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the Grasslands Bypass Project Drainage Management Plan Here is a section of the letter:“We continue to insist that serious consideration of alternatives...Read More
A Rude Awakening – KPFA 1/29/21On the January 29th edition of Rude Awakening with Sabrina Jacobs, our Executive Director talks about the ongoing challenges facing the Delta that are systemically tied to problems with water management: water quality, invasive species, harmful algal blooms, future flood threat, and our work with Delta youth. The interview starts at 35:15....Read More
Today, we call your attention to an op-ed by our friends at NRDC and Golden State Salmon on why the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission must be led by someone who values the San Joaquin River, its tributaries, and the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. Also, San Francisco Baykeeper was part of a wonderful documentary called...Read More
Dear friends,We would like to formally invite you to attend the Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment Findings virtual public workshop on February 4, 2021 from 6:00 to 7:30pm.The Delta Stewardship Council, together with community partners from Restore the Delta, Fathers and Families of San Joaquin, Little Manila Rising, and Third City Coalition, are excited to share and discuss the...Read More
…and commentary from Restore the DeltaWater crisis looms as California households struggle to pay bills, suppliers lose revenue – San Francisco Chronicle 1/20/21“Unpaid water bills are piling up across California as the pandemic continues to rage, leaving water agencies out hundreds of millions of dollars and nearly 1 in 8 families with rising debt — and...Read More
