Voluntary agreements

October 22, 2026

By Gary Bobker, the Program Director for Friends of the River, and Christie Ralston, an Associate Attorney for San Francisco Baykeeper “A...

GUEST COMMENTARY: California’s rivers cannot wait. Neither can its people.

Guest Contributor

October 20, 2026

Healthy Rivers and Landscapes offers a smarter way to protect our environment and manage California’s water future. By Charley Wilson,...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Why Newsom’s Voluntary Agreements won’t work, part 2: No money, no requirements, no results

San Francisco Baykeeper

October 20, 2026

By Eric Buescher, Managing Attorney at San Francisco Baykeeper Later this month, the State Water Resources Control Board is poised...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: State Board releases final draft Bay-Delta Plan ahead of hearing

State Water Contractors

October 20, 2026

State Water Contractors are reviewing update to ensure plan resolves outstanding issues From the State Water Contractors: On Friday, October...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases revised final Bay-Delta Plan

State Water Board

October 16, 2026

Board will consider adopting plan at its Oct. 28-29 meeting Following a years-long process that included multiple workshops, hearings and...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Why Newsom’s Voluntary Agreements Won’t Work, Part 1: Inadequate Resources

Guest Contributor

October 15, 2026

Proposed Bay-Delta Plan update is a bad deal for California’s rivers, San Francisco Bay, and all of us who rely...

NOW AVAILABLE: Public Comments on Final Draft Bay-Delta Plan

State Water Board

Conservation organizations & coalitions

September 25, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On August 19, 2026, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board)...

DELTA COALITION: Delta Coalition slams Bay-Delta Plan for failing to comply with law

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

September 22, 2026

From the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition: Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC)—consisting of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok...

C-WIN: Voluntary agreements are unjustified and do not satisfy the board’s duty to protect the Bay-Delta ecosystem

September 20, 2026

From the California Water Impact Network: The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) has submitted comments to the State Water Resources...

GUEST COMMENTARY: An anti-regulatory federal government tries to strongarm California over who controls the State’s water resources

Guest Contributor

September 13, 2026

By Chris Shutes and Gary Bobker The latest chapter in the Trump Administration’s war on California opened on September 3...

EDWARD RING: Comments on the “Water Quality Control Plan” for the Delta

Edward Ring

Conservation organizations & coalitions

September 10, 2026

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center The August 2026 final draft of the...

DELTA COALITION: Voluntary agreements fail as federal and state partners pull out of updated Bay-Delta Plan

Bureau of Reclamation News

September 9, 2026

Delta Coalition decries Voluntary Agreements framework as unreliable and ecologically destructive to an already fragile Delta Estuary From Restore the...

BAY-DELTA PLAN: Reclamation Provides comments on California State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update

September 5, 2026

From the US Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation provided the following comments today to the California State Water...

BAY-DELTA PLAN: Westlands Water District to end participation in Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program absent reversal by the State

Westlands Water District