Californians for a Fair Water Policy For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft Farming, Conservation, Environmental Groups Oppose Any Tunnels Funding in State Water Bond No Tunnels Mitigation Sacramento, CA – Californians for Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition of environmental, water conservation, fishing, farming, Native American and community organizations, today announced their opposition to any State water bond measure that includes any funding to mitigate damage caused by the governor’s proposed Peripheral Tunnels to export water. “The tunnels would damage water quality, the environment, fish, and farming, and impose billions of dollars of tax increases on the public to mitigate that damage,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta. “The [...]

Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Delta plans completely ignore non-English speakers By Javier Padilla Reyes Special to The Bee Published: Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 – 12:00 am The reckless indifference of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration in failing to provide adequate access and participation for non-English speaking Californians shows that the state’s rush to build the twin Delta tunnels at all costs effectively disregards nearly 600,000 Delta residents and 20 percent of California’s population. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s environmental impact report for the twin tunnels project is notoriously huge. With more than 40,000 pages full of legalese, even native English speakers can’t help but feel overwhelmed. Now, imagine that the overwhelming amount of information is available only in a language entirely different [...]

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 30, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnel Opponents Criticize Incomplete BDCP Implementing Agreement, Financing & Operations Plans Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels to drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today criticized the “incomplete” Implementing Agreement (IA) that lacks commitments from water exporters to make their financial payments, and contains no plan for operating the huge project. The plan contains no federal or state financing commitment to mitigate the damage of the project and provide for the required habitat restoration. “There is no financial plan or agreement. There is no [...]

Articlo en español For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Environmental Justice Representatives: BDCP Violates Non-English Speakers’ Civil Rights Call for Restart and Extension of Public Comment Time; No Access to BDCP for 600,000 Limited-English Speakers Listen to our audio from the teleconference below: Click here for our joint letter with environmental justice groups requesting BDCP comment extension. 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 joined environmental justice advocates in charging that the Brown Administration has violated the civil rights of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 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… SF Gate May 20, 2014 Editorial: Sen. Feinstein’s wrong response to the drought “… it is distressing to see Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., determined to toss out water management policies and protections, worked out over 20 years to balance the water needs of California cities, farms and the environment, in order to serve some interests at the expense of others. … “… What S2198 would do, however, is override Endangered Species Act protections by taking more water from the delta at the time when the baby salmon are moving through. … “… Feinstein needs to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnels Opponents to Senator Feinstein: “Here is a Better Water Resources Solution”, Accuse Senator of Listening Only to Industrial Mega-Growers STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms and Pacific fisheries, today released “There’s a Better Solution” in response to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s claim that “environmentalists are no help” in solving California’s water resources challenges. Restore the Delta’s storyboard video describes what water efficiency would accomplish for the Delta and for meeting California’s water and jobs needs. RTD has long offered [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 16, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Senator Feinstein Using Drought to Throw Out Protections for Fisheries, Farms & Humans; Bill Could Help Tunnels Approval Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today criticized Senator Dianne Feinstein for pushing S 2918 to allow more water for Westlands’ and Kern Water Districts’ mega-growers in the midst of a severe drought. “It is disappointing that Senator Feinstein has chosen to rush harmful legislation with no public hearings, debate or [...]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Experts Criticize Flawed BDCP Process, Feinstein Federal Rollbacks: No BDCP Implementing Agreement, Water Exporters Taking Over DWR? S 2918 Would Remove Key Protections Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels to drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, salmon and other Pacific fisheries, joined other experts today and criticized the lack of an Implementing Agreement (IA), the failure of water exporters to make their financial payments, and the ceding of partial control of the State Dept. of Water Resources to contractors. The experts will also outline harm that would result from [...]

Media Advisory for: Saturday, May 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta   RTD Executive Director to present BDCP comment information at Valley Water Consortium Water Conference H2O #2   FRESNO – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries announced today that Executive Director Barbara Barrigan Parrilla will be participating in the H20 #2 Troubled Water, 2014 Water Consortium Conference.   It’s nearly impossible for a concerned citizen to review and digest the avalanche of information, and misinformation on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan on their own.  With [...]