Bay Delta

A shipping freighter, bearing agricultural materials, floats on a narrow waterway, bound by levees.

Complaint Blames Bay Delta Ecological Crisis on Racism

Advocates hope to enlist the federal government in forcing state regulators to set clean water standards for the San Francisco Bay Delta.

January 2, 2023 - Stocktonia

Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

High-Speed Rail Not the Only Massive Public Works Project on the Chopping Block

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to reduce the size of the $17 billion WaterFix project that plans for two tunnels under the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta.

February 14, 2019 - Sacramento Bee

Sacramento River

Southern California's Largest Water District Approves $4.3 Billion for Delta Project

Two steps back, one step forward so far for the $17.7 billion California WaterFix tunneling project.

October 12, 2017 - Pasadena Star News

Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta

Lawsuits Slow Progress of California's $17 Billion WaterFix Project

Environmentalists and the fishing industry filed lawsuits just a few days after a massive plan to build tunnels to move water under the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California received a green light from the federal government.

July 7, 2017 - The Mercury News

Bay Delta

Feds Change Course, Approve $15.5 Billion California Water Project

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service gave a crucial green light for the intensely controversial and ambitious California WaterFix project, which would pump water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

June 27, 2017 - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento River

Decision on California's $15.5 Billion 'WaterFix' Expected, Finally, in September

The massive project known as the California WaterFix has nearly come to its day of reckoning.

June 15, 2017 - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta

California Delta Tunnels Don't Stand Up to Federal Analysis

Federal agencies think the proposed Bay Delta tunnels are still too dangerous for endangered species.

May 25, 2017 - The Sacramento Bee

Bay Delta

'Biological Assessment' Released for Big California Tunnels Project

The plans for one of California's most expensive, and controversial, projects are moving forward as the clock ticks on the Obama Administration's time in power.

August 4, 2016 - The Sacramento Bee

California Initiative to Limit the Size of Revenue Bonds Qualifies for Ballot

A California initiative has been likened to the landmark Proposition 13 for how it would affect the budget and major projects proposed in California, including the $64 billion high-speed rail project and $17 billion Delta water tunnels.

July 6, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

Feds to Investigate Possible Misuse of Funds for Controversial Bay Delta Tunnel Project

A highly controversial project that would build a system of tunnels to divert water from the Sacramento River, and a signature project of California Governor Jerry Brown, now finds itself in trouble with federal investigators.

April 14, 2016 - KPCC

California Scaling Back Controversial Delta Tunnels Plans

The planning process has revealed more modest potential benefits for the highly controversial proposal to spend $15 billion on tunnels to ease environmental strain on the Bay Delta.

April 4, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

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