For immediate release: July 13, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   Restore the Delta Responds to SWRCB Delta Water Quality Plan Update   STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta thanks the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) for stating that the lower San Joaquin River (Merced River to the Delta) inflow should contribute to...Read More

Yesterday, environmental and public interest groups including Restore the Delta, Food and Water Watch California, Sierra Club Los Angeles Chapter, SEIU 721, S.E.E., the Center for Food and Safety, Los Angeles area pastors, and dozens of local Los Angeles County residents delivered another punch of opposing public comments to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern...Read More

For immediate release: July 9, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Restore the Delta PRA Request Shows Kern County Water Authority and MWD Worked Together on Valadao Rider. Restore the Delta’s recent PRA request documents from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) reveal that Kern County...Read More

For immediate release: July 2, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Metropolitan Water District Feigns Legislative Distance Over Calvert Rider: Public Record Act Documents Reveal Complicit Action Including Other CA Water Districts & Agencies STOCKTON – Restore the Delta recently acquired a series of documents contained in a Public Records Act Request...Read More

For immediate release: June 20, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org MWDOC Board of Directors Approves Staff Recommendation to Support Calvert Rider Stripping Judicial Review From CA WaterFix Tunnels Project Today, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) Board of Directors approved unanimously staff’s recommendation to support the language of Congressman...Read More

For immediate release: June 19, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org MWDOC Legislative Committee Approves Staff Recommendation to Support Language of Calvert Rider Yesterday, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) Public Affairs and Legislation Committee approved staff’s recommendation to support the language of Congressman Ken Calvert’s rider that seeks to...Read More

Today, Brentwood Press reporter Tony Kukulich broke news that Senator Harris has taken a public position against Congressman Calvert’s rider that seeks to exempt CA WaterFix from further judicial review. Kukulich reports, “In an email to The Press on Tuesday, June 12, Tyrone Gayle, press secretary for Harris said, ‘Senator Harris is opposed to any...Read More

Yesterday, the Delta Tunnels Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) was released online. The document details the environmental impact of proposed design changes that claim to minimize impacts felt by Delta communities and the environment. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will review the draft in the...Read More

ICYMI: June 8, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org   Yesterday, Voice of San Diego reporter Ry Rivard broke news that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) will revote on the Delta tunnels proposal this July in response to allegations made by Food and Water Watch California and the First...Read More

For immediate release: June 7, 2018 Contact: Bob Wright, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155 x207, BWright@friendsoftheriver.org Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Environmental Coalition Sends Letter Asking Attorney General Becerra to Stop Rider that Would Ban Delta Tunnels Litigation SACRAMENTO, CA — This morning, an environmental coalition of ten groups sent a letter to...Read More