Follow us on Twitter for more: @RestoretheDelta. Most recent tweets are on top. To read our full comment, go here. Bill Wells @DeltaChamber says @CAWaterFix #DeltaTunnels will benefit NO ONE in the Delta — we would say this applies to entire state too!— Restore the Delta (@RestoretheDelta) August 18, 2015 Bill Wells @deltachamber: Former Gov @Schwarzenegger said his tunnels plan $55B. @JerryBrownGov uses same plan & claims $15B? #cawater— Restore the Delta (@RestoretheDelta) August 18, 2015 THIS! it's a river. not a "water distribution system" it's there to sustain ALL life forms. not just socal peeps. https://t.co/WLjdTRjy3A— elyse (@gemelyse) August 18, 2015 Kyle Jones @SierraClubCA: Delta should not be treated as a plumbing system w/pipes, should be respected as ecological [...]

For release: August 17, 2015 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053 Thomas H. Keeling, attorney for Delta landowners, (209) 474-1818 Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed Alliance, (310) 804-6615 DELTA TUNNELS “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms Public opposition & lack of permits don’t deter Department of Water Resources (Delta Design Construction Enterprise) Under Brown Administration Lead   Sacramento – Newly released documents gained through Public Records Actions show that water exporters and the Delta Design Construction Enterprise housed within the California Department of Water Resources have already developed plans to “acquire” family farms and right of way in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through eminent domain.   The “Acquisition Management Plan,” obtained from the Metropolitan Water District [...]

For Release: 8/13/2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected], Twitter @RestoreTheDelta   VIDEO: Restore the Delta Sends Public Comments to  President Obama and Secretary Jewell  Sacramento – Today, Restore the Delta sent public comments in the form of two DVD videos to President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.   Watch the Video Read the Letter On July 28, 2015 the agencies boosting the Delta Tunnels Plan/CA Water Fix (formerly, Bay Delta Conservation Plan) presented their new plan to the public at a hotel in Sacramento.   Booster agencies were determined to avoid a traditional public hearing where public statements are made before listening to decision-makers. Instead, the agencies and their consultants presented the Delta Tunnels plan as an “open [...]

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter:@RestoretheDelta   DELTA TUNNELS: Think the Tunnels are a Good Deal? We’ve Got a (Bay) Bridge to Sell You   Stockton, CA – Today, Restore the Delta released a side-by-side comparison of two massive public works projects in California that looks at the promised costs, seismic risks, outsourcing, and lack of transparency and oversight.   View the comparison here.    The similarities of the projects are notable.   Both projects were sold to Californian taxpayers as a necessary investment in our future. But as with all public works projects, the costs and time to complete these projects were vastly underestimated in the end.   Among the items in the comparison are: [...]

For Release: 7/31/2015   Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected], Twitter @RestoreTheDelta In Case You Missed It: Articles of Interest on Gov. Brown’s Tunnels   Delta Supporters “Transform the Open House” in Sacramento (Photo Gallery) On July 28, 2015, Restore the Delta brought some of their 25,000 supporters to rally in front of the sham public hearing on the proposed Delta Tunnels project which was held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel in Sacramento. More than 300 people from all over Northern California attended, despite this “hearing” being scheduled on a work day. When agencies promoting the tunnels announced it would be held science-fair style, with no comments in public, just court reporters tucked away in the back, Restore [...]

ADVISORY: for Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta DELTA TUNNELS: Faux Public Hearing Tuesday, July 28, Sacramento Restore the Delta activists plan to “Transform the Open House” Sacramento – On Tuesday, July 28, the first of two “open houses” will be held on the Delta Tunnels EIR/EIS (formerly known as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.) Four buses of Restore the Delta activists are coming to Sacramento from cities around the Bay-Delta. They plan to “Transform the Open House” with a spirited and respectful outpouring of opposition to Jerry Brown’s plan to build massive underground water tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, salmon and other Pacific fisheries. The [...]

For Immediate Release: 7/23/15   Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053, [email protected], @RestoretheDelta Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta (510) 847-7556 [email protected] Restore the Delta Files Protest Over State Water Board’s Changes to Delta Outflows Board is picking winners and losers in a drought Sacramento – Restore the Delta has filed a protest and request for consideration with the State Water Resources Control Board over its prior “Temporary Urgent Change Petitions” regarding water exports, Delta outflows, and water quality standards for the SF Bay-Delta estuary during the drought.   In its protest, RTD bases its request in three key areas: the existing Temporary Urgency Change Petition does not serve the public interest, is contrary to law, and [...]

For Immediate Release, July 22, 2015 Contact: Robert Wright, Friends of the River, (916) 442-3155 x 207, [email protected] Conner Everts, Environmental Water Caucus, (310) 804-6615, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053, [email protected] Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185, [email protected] Agencies Promoting Delta Water Diversions Asked to Correct Tunnel VisionState and Federal Agencies Ignoring Delta Ecosystem Improvement Alternatives SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Conservation groups in California warned regulators today that their rush to approve construction of massive water-diversion tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta violates state and federal laws. The letter sent to federal and state agencies that are promoting the so-called Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)/California Water Fix underscored the agencies’ failure to consider alternatives that would reduce [...]

Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, [email protected] Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected] In Case You Missed It… Revised Delta Tunnels EIR Further Worsens The Project’s Already Lousy Economics http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2015/07/revised-delta-tunnels-eir-further.html “In 2012, I estimated the net benefits of the Tunnels’ as -$6 billion. In 2013, BDCP consultants estimated +$5 billion. Virtually all of the $11 billion difference was driven by differing water yield estimates that were entirely due to the regulatory assurance (50-year permit) assumption. After these changes, I think my -$6 billion from 2012 look overly generous, and something like -$8 billion in net benefits seems more likely. “The project just keeps getting worse for the water exporters. If the water agencies’ leaders were really looking out for their ratepayers and the best [...]