Water storage

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water board approves permit for Sites Reservoir project

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

November 5, 2026

Detractors of the reservoir includes environmentalists and Native tribes that say they’re being ignored in favor of “Big Agriculture.” By...

COMMENTARY: The time is now: Sites Reservoir can strengthen California’s water future

Guest Contributor

CommentaryWater rights and water law

November 3, 2026

By: Jeff McCreary, Director of Operations, Western Region, Ducks Unlimited; Tim Johnson, President and CEO, California Rice Commission; and David Guy, President,...

COMMENTARY: The Sites Reservoir is a bad deal for Californians

Guest Contributor

CommentaryWater rights and water law

November 3, 2026

Cutting corners leads to a bad project – we all suffer the hidden costs and damages By Keiko Mertz, Friends...

COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir can help sustain wetlands in the San Joaquin Valley

Guest Contributor

CommentaryWater rights and water law

November 3, 2026

By Ric Ortega, General Manager of Grassland Water District For those of us responsible for delivering water to California’s remaining...

COMMENTARY: For California Indians, the Sites Reservoir project is one more story of cultural genocide

Guest Contributor

CommentaryWater rights and water law

November 3, 2026

By Chairman Wayne “Rick” Mitchum Jr. On November 4th, the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) will make...

Sites Project Authority responds to revised water right permit: “We can see a path forward that allows the Project to advance”

Sites Project Authority

Planning and management

September 18, 2026

From the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority (Authority) issued the following statement regarding the revised water right...

SF BAYKEEPER: State Water Board capitulates to special interests in new Sites Reservoir permit

San Francisco Baykeeper

CommentaryPlanning and management

September 5, 2026

From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Yesterday, the California Water Resources Control Board (Board) issued a new draft of its water...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural Ruling on Evidentiary Objection to Supplemental Evidence and Official Notice of AHO Exhibits

State Water Board

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This procedural ruling addresses the evidentiary objection submitted by the NGO Parties1 on...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural ruling bifurcating Application 33534 and Notice of Public Hearing on Application 33534b

State Water Board

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On May 11, 2022, the Sites Project Authority (Authority or Applicant) filed Application...

SITES RESERVOIR: Notice of supplemental hearing and procedural ruling

State Water Board

Planning and management

June 27, 2026

From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office will conduct a supplemental day of...

PRESS RELEASE: Political pressure on Sites Reservoir doesn’t change the facts

Guest Contributor

CommentaryPlanning and management

June 23, 2026

In an overt act of political meddling, Governor Newsom and his deputies are pressuring a judge to retract her evidence-based findings...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes Record of Decision for Sites Reservoir Project

US Army Corps of Engineers

Policy and regulation

April 22, 2026

From the US Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has finalized its Record of...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases draft water right decision for proposed Sites Reservoir

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

March 20, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today released for public comment a draft...

EDWARD RING: The cost and the upside of the “big gulp”

Edward Ring

CommentaryWater project operations

September 25, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Of all the possible ways to...

COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Press Release/Notice

CommentaryPolicy and regulation

August 22, 2025

The controversial project diverts water and funding away from real solutions From Save California Salmon Today’s announcement that Governor Newsom’s...