UPDATE July 14, 2016: We met with the Zone 7 Water Agency Finance Committee today. Their staff misunderstood our PRA request and did not provide all the documents we had initially requested. They provided more information today that shows that they did NOT use property taxes to pay for tunnels planning. They apologized for their...Read More
On June 30, 2016 the California Natural Resources Agency put out another “fact sheet” extolling the virtues of the proposed California WaterFix (Delta Tunnels). This new effort is entitled “Fast Facts” and like most of the claims made by tunnel proponents, it plays fast and loose with the facts. Let’s take a deeper...Read More
In case you missed it… The Los Angeles Times Capitol Journal: Big fish in small pond: No room for bass in Gov. Jerry Brown's delta tunnel plan By George Skelton June 30, 2016 Original link here "Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton….” Hold it there. Cotton growers don’t like...Read More
Dear friends, Yesterday, Restore the Delta, AquAlliance, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Environmental Water Caucus, Friends of the River, Planning and Conservation League, and Sierra Club California submitted a letter to the Santa Clara Valley Water District regarding better plans for the Delta: Our public interest organizations write out...Read More
For Immediate Release: 6/24/16 Contact: Robert Wright, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155 x207 Osha Meserve, Local Agencies of the North Delta, 916-425-9914 Bill Jennings, CSPA, 209-464-5067 Tim Stroshane, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556 COURT: Delta Plan “Invalid” Council must enact quantified and measurable protections Sacramento, CA – Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny yesterday...Read More
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
