SACRAMENTO, CA--Today the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) held an informational hearing to discuss the State Water Project (SWP) contract extensions. JLBC Chair Senator Holly Mitchell (D-30, Los Angeles) stated at the start and at the end of the hearing that the legislature would be fully committed to further legislative oversight of the Delta tunnels...Read More
Restore the Delta maintains that the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) hearing for the State Water Contract should not be held tomorrow, September 11, 2018 for the following reasons: 1) The State Water Contract does not contain the Delta tunnels amendments; Water Code 147.5 says that the State Water Contract must provide the terms and...Read More
Clendaniel: Stop the Delta debacle before property owners get gouged – Ed Clendaniel for The Mercury News “In an audacious move, proponents argued that the Delta tunnels project is merely a “maintenance” project of the original State Water Project that California voters approved in 1960. No need to waste time going back to voters for...Read More
For immediate release: 9/1/18 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com AB 2649 Dies at the End of Legislative Session, JLBC Hearing Rescheduled for 9/11 Assembly Member Richard Bloom’s last minute gut-and-amend bill, AB 2649 has died at the end of this legislative session. The bill would have sunseted the requirement...Read More
STOCKTON, CA–Delta tunnels proponents have moved quickly this week, scheduling the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) hearing on the State Water Project contract extension just two days before its scheduled date: tomorrow, August 30 at 8 AM, as noted in a recent email communication from Kathy Cole of Metropolitan Water District’s Sacramento Office. The hearing...Read More
For immediate release: 8/20/18 Contact: Noah Oppenheim, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, 415-723-1801, noah@ifrfish.org Peter Drekmeier, Tuolumne River Trust, 650-248-8025, Peter@tuolumne.org Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Fishermen, Tribal Members, and Enviros Band Together to Advocate for More Flows at Sacramento Press Conference Today, a coalition of environmental...Read More
BREAKING: Joint Legislative Budget Committee Hearing for the Tunnels has been POSTPONED Indefinitely; Our Next Step to Defeating the Tunnels! We have a win to celebrate today! Your calls, tweets, and emails have successfully POSTPONED the Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearing indefinitely! This small victory is a testament of what we can achieve when...Read More
For immediate release: July 27, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556, tim@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta Submits Comments on Bay-Delta Plan Updates; SWRCB Prohibits Discussion of Plan Updates at WaterFix Hearing STOCKTON, CA – Today, Restore the Delta submitted their comments regarding the...Read More
MODESTO, CA – Today, an environmental coalition comprised of Restore the Delta, Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and Save California Salmon held a press conference outside of Representative Jeff Denham’s (R-Turlock) Modesto office in response to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to Denham’s district to discuss Valley water rights and California water infrastructure...Read More
For immediate release: 7/19/2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Delta Tunnels Construction JPA Greenlights Professional Services Agreement with the Hallmark Group; Finance JPA Set to Pursue EPA WIFIA Loans Today, the Construction Joint Powers Authority for the Delta tunnels, or Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority, met in...Read More
