Maven’s Notebook • Delta Counties Coalition

California can meet its water challenges without sacrificing the Delta and the communities that depend on it. We urge the Administration to work collaboratively with local leaders to pursue solutions that are more balanced, more resilient, and more reflective of today’s water realities—not continue to promote a divisive tunnel proposal that could negatively impact many Californians.

Ashley Castaneda • Restore the Delta

SACRAMENTO, CA — A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates has submitted a letter to the California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife opposing AB 2215. 

Mavens Notebook • Lois Henry, SJV Water

Financial support for the controversial Delta Conveyance Project has been eroding among Kern County agricultural water districts over the past year and lost another significant chunk when the Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District opted recently to cut its contribution by nearly 97% – from $4.6 million down to $146,000.

Mavens Notebook• State Water Board

This procedural ruling responds to the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition’s (DTEC) November 21, 2025 evidentiary objections to exhibits submitted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and related testimony by Anecita Agustinez, Kristina Reese, and Susan Lassell (DWR’s witnesses). 

Mavens Notebook• Michelle Paul, California Farm Water Coalition

From the moment California’s earliest residents called the vast, fertile soils of California’s Central Valley home, efforts began to solve one of the state’s oldest challenges: harnessing the water.

Mavens Notebook• Harrison Tasoff

For half the world’s population, the water in their drinking glasses comes from below them. Groundwater also supplies 40% of global irrigation projects.

Mavens Notebook• State Water Board

The State Water Resources Control Board today released for public comment a draft water right decision and associated permit for a new reservoir located approximately 65 miles northwest of Sacramento.

Mavens Notebook • Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service

Attorneys and officials opposed to a massive California water project pleaded their case Thursday to an oversight panel, arguing point by point how the Delta Conveyance Project failed to meet specified criteria.

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…

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…

Sierra Club California • Michael Blenner

Sacramento, CA - Sacramento, CA - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2025-2026 May Revision to his state budget proposal…