COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water board approves permit for Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law November 5, 2026Detractors 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, 2026By: 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, 2026Cutting 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, 2026By 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, 2026By 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, 2026From 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, 2026From 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, 2026From 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, 2026From 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, 2026From 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, 2026In 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, 2026From 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, 2026From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today released for public comment a draft...
EDWARD RING: California’s drought is over, but we still must invest in water supply projects Edward Ring CommentaryPlanning and management January 31, 2026Commentary by Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center For the last 25 years,...
PRESS RELEASE: Drinking water for nearly 1.1 million people could have been captured during recent storm if Sites Reservoir were operational today Sites Project Authority Planning and management January 5, 2026Press release from the Sites Project Authority The Sites Project Authority announced that during the recent atmospheric river events, Sites...
