For Immediate Release: June 21, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpsbr.com   Santa Clara Valley Water District Taxpayers Protest Hidden Taxes Funding Delta Tunnels Planning   San Jose, CA – Today, ratepayers from Santa Clara Valley Water District questioned unfair, and possibly illegal, fees that have emerged in...Read More

In case you missed it… The Fresno Bee Westlands’ commitment to secrecy By the Editorial Board June 15, 2016 Original link here This is the Walnut Grove home of Jason Peltier, a former deputy general manager of the Westland Water District. Peltier received a $1.4 million loan at 0.84% interest from the district to buy...Read More

For Immediate Release: June 15, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta Praises Federal Investments in California Water DOI Announces $30M Water Reuse and Reclamation Projects Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta today praised an announcement by the Department of the Interior that $30 million will be invested in water reuse and reclamation...Read More

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Jun 9, 2016 11:21AM EDT Web Link to Story SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California public water district that earned a rare federal penalty over what it described as “a little Enron accounting” loaned one of its executives $1.4 million to buy a riverfront home, and the loan remains unpaid nine years later...Read More

For Immediate Release: June 1, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Tim Stroshane, policy analyst, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556, tim@restorethedelta.org DELTA TUNNELS
 CA DWR Submits Testimony to State Water Board, 
Restore the Delta Response In a media call and testimony submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board today, the California Department of Water Resources...Read More

ADVISORY for Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM ET Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   TUESDAY: House Natural Resources Hearing On Westlands Water Settlement Stockton, CA – On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:30 AM ET the U.S. House Congressional Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans will hold a legislative hearing on proposed water...Read More

For Immediate Release: May 20, 2016 Contact: Michael Jackson, President, California Water Impact Network, 530-283-1007 Bill Jennings, Executive Director, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 209-464-5067 Osha Meserve, Senior Counsel, Local Water Agencies of the North Delta, 916-425-9914 Bob Wright, Senior Counsel, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155 *207 John Buse, Senior Counsel/Legal Director, Center for Biological Diversity,...Read More

Dear friends, We are deeply disappointed that Congressman Garamendi, a resident of the Delta, and longtime ally, would partner with Senator Feinstein to support legislation that is detrimental to water quality, the aquatic food web, and the fisheries that we are fighting so hard to save. Their bills are SB 2533 and HR 5247. It’s...Read More

For Immediate Release: May 18, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Statement of opposition regarding Senator Dianne Feinstein’s SB 2533 and Congressman John Garamendi’s HR 5247 Stockton, CA — Restore the Delta’s executive director, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, made the following statement today regarding the proposed drought legislation by Senator Dianne Feinstein and...Read More

Dear friends,  Metropolitan Water District voted to move forward with the Delta Islands purchase, despite our petition drive and astute comments made to their board by Restore the Delta Board President Joan Buchanan and Board Member Larry Ruhstaller. Restore the Delta President Joan Buchanan explained to the MET Board that their annual payments for the loan...Read More