For Immediate Release: 4/19/2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org UPDATE 4/22: Controversy erupts over Santa Clara Water District’s groundwater charges NOTE 4/20: Corrections made to table below Santa Clara Valley Water District to Add Charge for Delta Tunnels Rates to increase without a public vote San Jose, CA – Attendees at...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY for April 30, 2016 Contact: Brian P. Smith, Restore the Delta (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730, lsheehan@earthlaw.org Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998, shannon@movementrights.org WHO: Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance, Restore the Delta, Move to Amend WHAT: Bay Area Rights of Nature Tribunal – San Francisco...Read More
In case you missed it… Congressional challenge to Obama water deal in California Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:11 pm | Updated: 9:30 pm, Thu Apr 14, 2016. Associated Press Original article. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their...Read More
For Immediate Release: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, Restore the Delta, barbara@restorethedelta.org DELTA ISLANDS PURCHASE: Delta Residents Rally in Support of Legal Action Against Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Sacramento – Today, the Planning and Conservation League and Food and Water Watch, as well as three Delta local agencies, Central Delta Water Agency, Contra Costa...Read More
In case you missed it… See below a press release by PEER – Protecting Employees Who Protect Our Environment. Link at PEER. For Immediate Release: Apr 11, 2016 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 FEDS TO PROBE DELTA TUNNEL MISUSE OF GRANT FUNDS Inspector General to Audit California Water Resources Handling of Federal Aid Posted on...Read More
In case you missed it… San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed Time for Plan B to save the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta By Lois Wolk April 6, 2016 Updated: April 6, 2016 6:26pm Read full op-ed here. Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle The delta is the crossroads where the freshwater from the Sierra Nevada flows into the salty, brackish...Read More
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 4, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org DELTA TUNNELS Ratepayers Warned to “Watch Your Wallets” Joint Water District Meeting on Thursday, April 7, 2016 Stockton, CA – Today, Restore the Delta is sounding the alarm to all water ratepayers throughout California to be on guard for water...Read More
For Immediate Release: 3/29/2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org RE: DWR/Contra Costa Water District Agreement & California Delta Tunnels Today, the Contra Costa Water District announced a withdrawal of their protest petition with the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the “Change of Diversion Petition” filed by the lead...Read More
BREAKING NEWS Monday, March 28, 2016 5:00pm (Update added below: March 29, 2016) Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League, 916-822-5634 Osha Meserve, Attorney, Local Agencies of the North Delta, 916-455-7300 Bill Jennings, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 209-464-5067 Sacramento – Today petitioners for a “Change in the Point...Read More
Dear friends, The Delta Tunnels project is on “thin ice."The plan is in major need of continued financial support from smaller urban agencies such as Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) and Zone 7 Water Agency in Alameda County. In their new petition alert, Californians for Water Security, the Stewart Resnick Big Ag front group, is...Read More
