FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 28, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnels Opponents: EPA Rejects Flawed Project No Financing Plan, No Water, Won’t Restore Delta Tens of Thousands Comment “No Tunnels” Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) critical review of the Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). The opponents said the Brown Administration’s delay and redrafting of the governor’s water tunnels plan is a response to the EPA’s criticism of its fatal flaws, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnels Opponents: BDCP Delay Shows Fatal Flaws: No Financing Plan, No Water, Won’t Restore Delta Tens of Thousands Comment “No Tunnels” Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today hailed the delay and redrafting of its Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS), and a new public comment period. The opponents said the delay and redrafting of the governor’s water tunnels plan shows it is fatally flawed, does not meet state [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 8, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnels Opponents: Gov. Brown’s Bond NOT “Tunnels Neutral”: What about $700 million for flows, habitat? Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today said that Governor Brown’s new water bond is NOT “tunnels neutral,” and called upon the governor to remove taxpayer funding that would replace needed river water flows taken by the tunnels, and have taxpayers fund mitigating tunnels damage. “Documents received from the BDCP in a recent Freedom of Information Action request, show in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnels Opponents Question Gov. Brown’s Assertion that his Bond is “Tunnels Neutral”: What about $700 million for flows, habitat? Call for Governor to Release Bond Language Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today questioned Governor Brown’s assertion that his new water bond is “tunnels neutral,” and called upon the governor to release his specific proposed language. “Governor Brown is using the bully pulpit of his office to insist that his bond proposal is tunnel neutral. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 28, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Experts Criticize BDCP Process, Call for New Draft EIR: Funding, Public Outreach, Alternatives, Science all Flawed Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today presented their case that the governor’s water tunnels plan is fatally flawed, does not meet state or federal standards, and called for a new Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS), and public comment period. The EIR/EIS is fatally flawed due to its failure to include a [...]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta – Any Water Bond with Tunnels Mitigation IS NOT Tunnels Neutral Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), leading opponents of Governor Brown’s rush to build massive water export tunnels that mainly serve mega-growers in Westlands and Kern Water Districts, today said that “any state water bond that includes mitigation for the damage from the tunnels project is not ‘tunnels neutral’.” “The tunnels cannot be built without hundreds of millions of dollars to fund ‘mitigation’ or ‘restoration’ of the project’s damage, damage the water-takers refuse to pay, and are foisting onto taxpayers,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, RTD [...]

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 27, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Exposes Brown Bond Tunnels Mitigation: NOT Tunnels Neutral, Taxpayers Would Foot Bill for Tunnels Damage Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), leading opponents of Governor Brown’s rush to build massive water export tunnels that mainly serve mega-growers in Westlands and Kern Water Districts, today rejected the governor’s assertion that his proposed state water bond principles are “tunnel neutral,” releasing proposed bond language that would have taxpayers foot the bill for the damage from the tunnels project. The tunnels cannot be built without hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “mitigation” of the project’s damage, damage [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Calls on Governor Brown to Back “Clean Water Bond All Californians Can Support” SACRAMENTO – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries called on Gov. Brown to back a “clean water bond” for the November 2014 ballot that does not include any taxpayer funding for mitigating the damage from the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Such funding includes habitat and water acquisitions to facilitate the BDCP and/or mitigate damage by the BDCP’s water export Tunnels. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla said, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 26, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… BDCP Cost and Yield Deception Jeff Michael’s Valley Economy Blog June 23, 2014 Last week, BDCP released what it describes as “cost and yield information,” although I didn’t see any new information in the glossy newsletter summary with the pretty bird. The newsletter makes 2 main claims: 1) BDCP provides reliable water for $5 per month, and 2) BDCP is cheaper than the alternatives. Both of these claims are deceptive and are based on invalid comparisons and inaccurate assumptions. … …I see six major problems with these comparisons. 1. Subsidized BDCP costs are compared [...]