Letter submitted to the State Water Board:
Defenders of Wildlife, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River, Golden State Salmon Association, and San Francisco Baykeeper, (“NGOs”) write to request an updated comment deadline of December 19, 2025, as well as the scheduling of additional hearing days before the State Board between November 3 and 21, 2025 to offer input on the State Board’s misguided draft July 2025 Bay-Delta Plan proposal. Given the amount of information released by the State Board on July 24 and supplemented on August 22, 2025, the current comment deadline and hearing schedule are inadequate for public participation in the adoption of a new San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed Water Quality Control Plan (“Draft Plan”). The requested extension and additional hearings would provide the necessary opportunity for meaningful engagement.
