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PRESS RELEASE: Environmental groups call attention to fundamental flaws with Delta Conveyance Project hearings

Delta Conveyance Project Water rights and water law

October 11, 2024

Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School,...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Dirty Delta’: California’s largest estuary is in crisis. Is the state discriminating against people who fish there?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

October 9, 2024

By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Siskiyou County residents urge injunction amid claims of racially motivated water restrictions

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

September 13, 2024

Siskiyou 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

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council has released the public review draft of its Tribal and Environmental...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition challenges legality of Delta Conveyance Project in new petition

Restore the Delta

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project Water rights and water law

September 4, 2024

SWRCB urged to uphold law and protect Tribal water rights in the Delta Press release from the Delta Tribal Environmental...

UC BERKELEY: Plans for water equity in a warming world

UC Berkeley

Water rights and water law

March 21, 2024

By Janet Byron, UC California As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting...

CAL MATTERS: California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

February 23, 2024

The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out,...

REACTIONS: Restore the Delta and San Francisco Baykeeper respond to DWR submitting petition for Delta Conveyance Project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

February 23, 2024

Restore the Delta: DWR files petition to change Delta water rights despite civil rights investigation by the US EPA The...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom Should Sign Legislation to Ensure Equitable Distribution of Water Quality Funding UPDATED

Sean Bothwell

Commentary Policy and regulation Water quality

October 6, 2023

Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive...

CAL MATTERS: California water agency under investigation for discriminating against tribes, people of color

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

August 10, 2023

A 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

Restore the Delta

Water rights and water law

August 9, 2023

From Restore the Delta: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a decision accepting for investigation a civil rights complaint...

RISING VOICES: New nonprofit Minnow combats the inextricable link between land, water, and justice

The Water Hub

Policy and regulation

December 22, 2022

In 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

Restore the Delta

Water rights and water law

December 16, 2022

Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, Restore...

THE CENTER SQUARE: California commission approves contentious desal plant in Monterey

The Center Square

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

November 18, 2022

By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square After an all-day hearing Thursday, the California Coastal Commission approved a permit for...

METROPOLITAN IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Project draft EIR, part 2; Collaborative salmonid recovery project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

November 17, 2022

At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Imported Water Committee, agenda items included the second of a two-part presentation on the...