From the Delta Counties Coalition: The Delta Counties Coalition (DCC) welcomes the opinion by the Third District Court of Appeal,...
On December 31, 2025, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District affirmed a trial court decision against the State Department of Water Resources (DWR), which sought to validate bond resolutions and revenue pledges to finance DWR’s controversial Delta...
The panel agreed with a trial judge that Water Resources hadn’t met its burden to show the controversial project qualifies...
From Somach Simmons & Dunn: “On December 31, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion rejecting the...
From the State Water Board Administrative Hearings Office: On June 20, 2025, DWR offered its case in chief exhibits into the evidentiary record. (2025 06 20 DWR e mail to AHO (Offer of Exhibits).) This procedural ruling addresses the objections submitted...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council will conduct a public hearing on February 26 and 27, 2026,...
Press release from Restore the Delta: A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates have filed a formal appeal challenging the...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20257) for the Delta Conveyance Project, which was submitted to the Delta Stewardship Council on October 17, 2025. C20257-A1 – Delta Protection...
Press release from the Delta Protection Commission The Delta Protection Commission voted today to appeal the Department of Water Resources’s...
From Restore the Delta: Environmental advocates are calling on the Delta Stewardship Council (Council) to honor its commitments to environmental...
The court reversed an earlier preliminary injunction on geotechnical work done to inform the design of the Delta Conveyance Project From the State Water Contractors: Last week, California’s Third District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s injunction that had...
Press release from Governor Gavin Newsom: Governor Gavin Newsom announced two recent key victories to advance the Delta Conveyance Project...
Press release from Restore the Delta: On Tuesday, October 21, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a request for a...
Geotechnical work can now begin on a proposed $20 billion tunnel that would help send water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta southward to drier parts of the Golden State. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service A controversial proposal to build...