NOTE: Bookmark this link to WATCH/LISTEN to the California WaterFix Delta Tunnels hearing LIVE: https://video.calepa.ca.gov/ This is an important process to the approval of the Delta Tunnels plan and expected to continue in the following weeks. Catch up on great policy statements made in front of the Board for the first day of hearings by various community groups we organized by reading our live...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY for Tuesday July 26, 2016 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384 brian@bpspr.com WHAT: Governor Brown’s Delta Tunnels hearing before the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The hearing is expected to last weeks. WHEN: Policy statements begin on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 9:00 AM WHERE: 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA BACKGROUND In 2015,...Read More
Our Tumblr intern with his first blog entry on how Pokemon Go is connecting teens to the Delta in Stockton. Follow us on Tumblr for special guest blogging, infographics and more! I never expected to be in the heart of downtown Stockton in the middle of the night. It’s not the kind of thing people...Read More
Weekly Summary: July 24, 2016 Action Alert: UC Davis Course on the Delta and Facebook Live Video Update UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your...Read More
For Immediate Release: 7/21/16 Contact: Tom Keeling, Principal, Freeman Firm, Stockton CA (209) 474-1818 San Francisco – The California Supreme Court has reversed a Court of Appeal decision that favored Delta landowners against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). In doing so, however, it did hand Delta landowners a limited victory by “reforming” the statute at issue. DWR...Read More
For Immediate Release 7/19/2016 Contact: Bob Wright, Senior Counsel, Friends of the River (916) 442-3155 x207 Sacramento – As the Associated Press reported last week, California Governor Jerry Brown has hired former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt to “work to resolve long-standing water supply and ecological challenges in the delta.” In that role,...Read More
Weekly Summary: July 17, 2016 Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of new debt if their settlement with the Federal government is authorized by Congress. This new debt is the result of now being...Read More
ICYMI: Delta Tunnels News from Restore the Delta July 15, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" Fitch Ratings Service notes: Drainage Settlement Could Pressure District The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: July 12, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384 brian@bpspr.com Advocates Denounce Biased Delta Tunnels Event at Sacramento Bee WHAT: Sacramento Bee’s “Conversation” with Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) WHERE: The Sacramento Bee, 2100 Q Street, Sacramento, CA WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 6:00 PM WHO:...Read More
In case you missed it! A great op-ed by Rep. McNerney and below an update on California drought bills by McClatchyDC. The Record Guest view: United defense key to Delta's future By Rep. Jerry McNerney July 9, 2016 Read article at the original source. With more predictions of drought-like conditions for California in the near future, it...Read More
