- BREAKING: Newsom Guts CEQA for Delta Tunnel
For Immediate Release: 5/19/23
Contact: Tim Stroshane, 510-847-7556, [email protected]
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected]
Stockton, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a legislative package and signing an executive order that would “make it easier” for various infrastructure projects including building transportation, clean energy, water, and other infrastructure across the state of California. The proposal aims to shorten the contracting process for ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Flows, Flood, Conveyance, Industry, F…
By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
2023 – the year that Restore the Delta has had to assertively and swiftly advocate for flood protection and flows simultaneously. Perhaps this is why we feel like we have completed an entire year’s worth of work in four months. We have not been afforded a great deal of time for reflection or ...Read More
- ICYMI: “Newsom restores floodplain funds, adds $2…
For Immediate Release: 5/12/23
Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected]
As reported by CalMatters’ Alastair Bland in ,“Newsom restores floodplain funds, adds $290 million to flood control budget,” earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom “yanked $40 million in funding to restore San Joaquin Valley floodplains from his proposed budget, angering legislators from both parties and conservationists. Today, he gave all of ...Read More
- SAVE THE DATE! State Water Board Environmental Jus…
The State Water Board is hosting an online Environmental Justice Listening Session on June 7th from 3pm to 7 pm. This listening session will focus on gathering Environmental Justice community input on its implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay Delta Plan/BDP) and proposed Voluntary Agreements. Representatives of ...Read More
- Understanding the San Joaquin Area Levee Construct…
On March 16, 2023, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency Board authorized balloting for a proposed property assessment to fund levee construction and maintenance. Assessment ballots have been mailed to affected property owners. Ballots must be returned by June 8, 2023. The SJAFCA’s property assessment for a property can be calculated here.
Restore the Delta encourages ...Read More
- Help us take action for a healthy Bay-Delta with t…
Dear Friends,
Here is a more detailed update as to why we are asking you all to join us in advocating for a completed Bay-Delta Plan with the State Water Resources Control Board on 3/27 from 1 to 7 pm. (More details about the mechanics of the event at the end of this email.)If you have been ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Monitoring for the Bay-Delta Estuary …
Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 2): The Undead Policies …
by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane
These are the undead ideas of California “water policy” today: A Delta Conveyance Project. New Dams and Reservoir Storage. Voluntary Agreements. Such ideas are put forward by the water industry—and few others—as “solutions” to California’s seeming chronic shortage of water.
These ideas have been defeated time and time again (statewide elections, ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 1): The Return of the Sa…
By Tim Stroshane
It is Drinking Water Week, according to the American Water Works Association and the Delta Stewardship Council. When not paying attention to the ever-present and necessary news about the novel coronavirus pandemic spreading COVID-19 disease, in the middle of March we began hearing about California re-entering drought. (Courthouse News Service and Los Angeles Times.)
So this week ...Read More
- Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for Where the Fu…
Save the Date!Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for dinner, wine, and the Delta Advocate Award ceremony at Bare Ranch by Michael David Winery in Lodi, CA.
We are so excited to celebrate in person this year. Not only is it a time of celebration of our work, but more importantly, it is time for us ...Read More
- Restore the Delta presents “Where the Future Flows…
This symposium will be led by panelists who are roughly 30 and under. This event will cover various Environmental Justice related topics, such as climate change mitigation as opportunity, Harmful Algal Blooms, EJ communities, public access, cultural and historical resources, and water quality and how they fit in Delta planning. It is vital that we build ...Read More
- Join us on 10/21 for a virtual Dine and Learn even…
Join Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Research is showing that, in order to avoid disruptive climate change, we need to capture carbon dioxide from large sources and from the atmosphere and store it thousands of feet underground. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana ...Read More
- BREAKING: Newsom Guts CEQA for Delta TunnelFor Immediate Release: 5/19/23 Contact: Tim Stroshane, 510-847-7556, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected] Stockton, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a legislative package and signing an executive order that would “make it easier” for various infrastructure projects including building transportation, clean energy, water, and other infrastructure across the state of California. The proposal aims to shorten the contracting process for ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Flows, Flood, Conveyance, Industry, F…By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 2023 – the year that Restore the Delta has had to assertively and swiftly advocate for flood protection and flows simultaneously. Perhaps this is why we feel like we have completed an entire year’s worth of work in four months. We have not been afforded a great deal of time for reflection or ...Read More
- ICYMI: “Newsom restores floodplain funds, adds $2…For Immediate Release: 5/12/23 Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected] As reported by CalMatters’ Alastair Bland in ,“Newsom restores floodplain funds, adds $290 million to flood control budget,” earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom “yanked $40 million in funding to restore San Joaquin Valley floodplains from his proposed budget, angering legislators from both parties and conservationists. Today, he gave all of ...Read More
- SAVE THE DATE! State Water Board Environmental Jus…The State Water Board is hosting an online Environmental Justice Listening Session on June 7th from 3pm to 7 pm. This listening session will focus on gathering Environmental Justice community input on its implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay Delta Plan/BDP) and proposed Voluntary Agreements. Representatives of ...Read More
- Understanding the San Joaquin Area Levee Construct…On March 16, 2023, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency Board authorized balloting for a proposed property assessment to fund levee construction and maintenance. Assessment ballots have been mailed to affected property owners. Ballots must be returned by June 8, 2023. The SJAFCA’s property assessment for a property can be calculated here. Restore the Delta encourages ...Read More
- Help us take action for a healthy Bay-Delta with t…Dear Friends, Here is a more detailed update as to why we are asking you all to join us in advocating for a completed Bay-Delta Plan with the State Water Resources Control Board on 3/27 from 1 to 7 pm. (More details about the mechanics of the event at the end of this email.)If you have been ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Monitoring for the Bay-Delta Estuary …Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 2): The Undead Policies …by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane These are the undead ideas of California “water policy” today: A Delta Conveyance Project. New Dams and Reservoir Storage. Voluntary Agreements. Such ideas are put forward by the water industry—and few others—as “solutions” to California’s seeming chronic shortage of water. These ideas have been defeated time and time again (statewide elections, ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 1): The Return of the Sa…By Tim Stroshane It is Drinking Water Week, according to the American Water Works Association and the Delta Stewardship Council. When not paying attention to the ever-present and necessary news about the novel coronavirus pandemic spreading COVID-19 disease, in the middle of March we began hearing about California re-entering drought. (Courthouse News Service and Los Angeles Times.) So this week ...Read More
- Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for Where the Fu…Save the Date!Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for dinner, wine, and the Delta Advocate Award ceremony at Bare Ranch by Michael David Winery in Lodi, CA. We are so excited to celebrate in person this year. Not only is it a time of celebration of our work, but more importantly, it is time for us ...Read More
- Restore the Delta presents “Where the Future Flows…This symposium will be led by panelists who are roughly 30 and under. This event will cover various Environmental Justice related topics, such as climate change mitigation as opportunity, Harmful Algal Blooms, EJ communities, public access, cultural and historical resources, and water quality and how they fit in Delta planning. It is vital that we build ...Read More
- Join us on 10/21 for a virtual Dine and Learn even…Join Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Research is showing that, in order to avoid disruptive climate change, we need to capture carbon dioxide from large sources and from the atmosphere and store it thousands of feet underground. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana ...Read More
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