L.A. Biz How many jobs will this tunnel project create? Jun 23, 2014, 12:17pm PDT By Scott Bridges California’s drought could translate into jobs, but just how many jobs? That’s a question at the heart of Gov. Jerry Brown’s $25-billion plan to transport more water from Northern to Southern California. The plan calls for two...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 20, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Consumer & Environmental Advocates Respond to Brown Administration’s Claims of BDCP Benefits: Even BDCP Hired Economist Wouldn’t Sign Off on BDCP Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta and the Southern California Watershed Alliance and today responded to the Brown Administration’s latest...Read More
Californians for a Fair Water Policy For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Farming, Conservation, Environmental Groups Oppose Any Tunnels Funding in State Water Bond No Tunnels Mitigation Sacramento, CA – Californians for Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition of environmental, water conservation, fishing, farming, Native American and...Read More
Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Delta plans completely ignore non-English speakers By Javier Padilla Reyes Special to The Bee Published: Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 – 12:00 am The reckless indifference of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration in failing to provide adequate access and participation for non-English speaking Californians shows that the state’s rush to build the twin Delta...Read More
Media Advisory For: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Contact: Conner Everts, 320/804-6615; connere@west.net; Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; L.A., Statewide Consumer & Environmental Advocates to Tell LA City Council: Don’t Back Gov. Brown’s $60 Billion Water Tunnels; No New Water for LA, But Huge Bill Call for Independent Cost-Benefit Analysis of $60 Billion Tunnels Los...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 13, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: Restore the Delta Tunnel Opponents File FPPC Complaint Against BDCP Architect Jerry Meral for Illegal Lobbying Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels to drain the Delta...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014 The Environmental Water Caucus has responded to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its associated Environmental Impact Report with a stinging 250-page critique of BDCP’s inadequacies and multiple failures to conform to state and federal laws. Among the criticisms detailed in the Caucus’ review are that it is contrary...Read More
Articlo en español For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights Call for Restart and Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for 600,000 Limited-English Speakers Listen to our audio from...Read More
Media Advisory for Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights To Call for Restart & Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for Limited-English Speakers Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents...Read More
