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Newsom wanted to fast-track the Delta tunnel project. The Legislature slowed the flow
Cal Matters • Dan Walters
Repeatedly, Gavin Newsom has sought legislative approval of his high-priority policy proposals within the annual state budget process.
Temporary Victory: California Senate Rejects Delta Tunnel Budget Power Grab
Restore the Delta • Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta is celebrating a significant win for communities, the environment, and the democratic process…
Newsom’s power play on the Delta tunnel
Los Angeles Times • George Skelton
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is up to his old tricks, trying to ram major policy change through the state Legislature on short notice. And again lawmakers are pushing back.
Opposition Deepening Against Governor’s Proposal to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project in Budget
California Legislative Delta Caucus • Robert Gammon, Edgar Guerra
Opposition to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to fast-track the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project via the state budget is deepening…
COMMENTARY: Risk and Reward: Why California Governors Continue to Push for the Delta Tunnel
Maven’s Notebook • Max Gomberg
In its latest propaganda campaign promoting the $20 billion plus Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), the Newsom administration is claiming risk to future water supply as a major justification.
Delta Tribes and statewide organizations urge legislators to reject Governor Newsom’s Delta tunnel and Bay-Delta Plan trailer bills
Maven’s Notebook • Conservation organizations & coalitions
Groups call on lawmakers to protect environmental safeguards and public processes while rejecting attempts to fast-track costly infrastructure projects…
Governor’s May Budget Revision Shifts Funding Away from Key Climate Priorities and Doubles Down on Harmful Water Projects
Sierra Club California • Michael Blenner
Sacramento, CA - Sacramento, CA - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2025-2026 May Revision to his state budget proposal…
Restore the Delta: Newsom’s Fast-Track for Delta Tunnel is a Reckless Attack on Democracy, Affordability, and California’s Water Future
Restore the Delta • Alexandra Nagy
Stockton, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal, announced as part of his May Revise, includes an alarming effort to bypass longstanding legal, environmental, and public participation processes…
Newsom asks lawmakers to fast-track delta tunnel project
Politico • Camille Von Kaenel
Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants the controversial $20 billion tunnel permitted by the end of his term.
Governor Newsom proposes fast-tracking the Delta Tunnel Project
KPIX, CBS News Bay Area
As John Ramos reports the project would build an underground waterway to bring water from near Sacramento to Southern California, but locals are worried it will tear their town apart.
Newsom Pushes to Fast-Track $20 Billion Delta Tunnel for California Water
KQED • Ezra David Romero
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal announced Wednesday includes a push to fast-track a contentious tunnel project that could deliver more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms and cities throughout the state.
McNerney, Ransom & Wilson Issue Statements on Proposed Delta Tunnel Project Fast-Track
Contra Costa • CC News
California Legislative Delta Caucus Co-Chair Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, released the following statement regarding Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to fast-track the Delta Tunnel Project in the state budget.
‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
Cal Matters • Alastair Bland
The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction noise, pollution and traffic.
$20 billion: The Delta tunnel’s new price tag
Cal Matters • Rachel Becker
The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists.