COURTHOUSE NEWS: Siskiyou County residents urge injunction amid claims of racially motivated water restrictions Courthouse News Service News September 13, 2024 1223Siskiyou County claims its water restrictions — which aren’t uniformly enforced — are meant to thwart illegal cannabis grows. By...
YOUR INPUT WANTED: Delta Stewardship Council’s Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTS September 6, 2024 54From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council has released the public review draft of its Tribal and Environmental...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom Should Sign Legislation to Ensure Equitable Distribution of Water Quality Funding *UPDATED* Sean Bothwell Commentary October 6, 2023 359Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive...
C-WIN: Ten Years After: Tracking the Promises, Accomplishments and Shortfalls of California’s Human Right to Water Law Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other September 29, 2023 55From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): In 2012, California passed the Human Right to Water Law (HRTW), the first state statute...
CAL MATTERS: California water agency under investigation for discriminating against tribes, people of color Cal Matters News August 10, 2023 396A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California has failed to protect water...
THIS JUST IN … EPA Accepts Civil Rights Complaint Against California State Water Board Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other August 9, 2023 1466From Restore the Delta: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a decision accepting for investigation a civil rights complaint...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue Cal Matters Commentary March 17, 2023 5Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...
RISING VOICES: New nonprofit Minnow combats the inextricable link between land, water, and justice The Water Hub News December 22, 2022 687In this issue of the Water Hub’s Rising Voices column, we check in with Director of Strategic Storytelling at Minnow,...
THIS JUST IN … Civil Rights Complaint Seeks US EPA Oversight of CA State Water Board: Bay-Delta ecological crisis harms California Tribes and Delta EJ communities Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other December 16, 2022 39Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, Restore...
RISING VOICES: Building Water Trust: Nuestra Casa Tackles Water Justice in the Bay Area The Water Hub News September 22, 2022 119In our regular Maven’s Notebook Q&A, the Water Hub checks in with advocates in California to talk about water issues...
THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other May 24, 2022 1397Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Let’s Celebrate Clean Water For All on World Water Day Sean Bothwell Commentary March 22, 2022 194Guest commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive Director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance Today, we celebrate World Water Day on the...
RISING VOICES: Water, power and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy The Water Hub News February 8, 2022 292Each month, the Water Hub is checking in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues...
DWR: Environmental Justice Informational Webinar Highlights Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News January 25, 2022By the Department of Water Resources: As efforts continue to plan and obtain all permits for a single tunnel project...
FEATURE: Water Justice: Linking local, regional, and state responses for implementing the Human Right to Water Maven Notebook News and Features January 19, 2022 301In the fall of 2021, the Delta Stewardship Council held a series of four webinars focusing on the social and...
