“The following public interest groups concur in the report’s analysis, assessments, and recommendations: Restore the Dleta, Food & Water Watch, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, Rootskeeper, Powers Engineering, Basin and Range Watch, Aguirre & Severson LLP, Public Watchdogs, Southern California Watershed Alliance, The Desal Response Group, Committee to Bridge the Gap, and Consumer Watchdog.” Read...Read More

For Immediate Release: 2/2/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   Another CA Water District Financial Scandal Raiders & Katy Perry Tickets, Ralph Lauren, Nike, and Sunglass Hut Stockton, CA – State Controller Betty T. Yee announced this week that her team’s detailed review of the Panoche Water District has unearthed numerous examples...Read More

NOTICE: Because of the Oroville Dam catastrophe, the Senate Committee has cancelled this hearing UNTIL further notice! Thank you all for RSVP-ing and taking action to stop the Tunnels. Please continue to follow our page to stay updated. Friends of the Bay-Delta,   We need your attendance for a rare legislative opportunity to voice your opposition...Read More

For Immediate Release: 1/30/17   Contact: Conner Everts, Environmental Water Caucus, Los Angeles, 310-804-6615 Tim Stroshane, Restore the Delta, Stockton, 510-847-7556   “Talking Points and Unfounded Assertions” Environmental Water Caucus finds Delta Tunnels Final EIR Lacking On January 27, 2017 the Environmental Water Caucus submitted their comments on the Final Delta Tunnels EIR/EIS. Read the...Read More

The latest report by The Bay Institute shows that almost half of storm runoff has been diverted/stored before reaching the Bay-Delta estuary. Read The Bay Institute’s latest water year report.Read More

For Immediate Release: January 24, 2017 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com   DELTA TUNNELS Restore the Delta Reacts to Governor Brown’s State of the State Address Sacramento, CA – Today, California Governor Jerry Brown gave his State of the State Address.   Facing the incoming Trump Administration, governor Brown warned Californians...Read More

In case you missed it, we traveled to East Los Angeles to present our side at the Central Basin Municipal Water District Special Meeting on California WaterFix.   We are live at the Central Basin Municipal Water District meeting! Watch our presentation.   Q&A on Delta Tunnels benefits and costs – Watch our Executive Director...Read More

For Immediate Release: 1/11/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority to Consider Delta Tunnels Spending: Another $4 Million Toward Larger Planning Package   Stockton, CA – According to their own agenda and board packet, the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will be considering a resolution to contribute another $4 million...Read More

For Immediate Release: 1/4/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   Stockton, CA – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to “take timely actions to help address the effects of drought and climate change on California’s water supply and imperiled wildlife.”...Read More

ICYMI 1/4/17 – Recent News on the Delta Tunnels and California Water   Economist Sees Shift in Delta Tunnels EIR from Farms to Cities   In his first Valley Economy blog post for 2017, Jeffrey Michael, Executive Director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, gives his initial...Read More