Restore the Delta!

On July 7, 20009 the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee will hold a hearing on proposed Delta legislation in Room 4202. The hearing is scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. We are asking all our supporters to show up at the Capitol as early as possible to make our presence known.

Why is it so important to be at this hearing? Remember how we ended up with energy deregulation in California? We are headed down the same path of bad public policy decisions that could prove to be very costly for California's taxpayers. A water bond worth $10 to $25 billion is hard to accept when one million children are losing health insurance and the State is beginning to issue IOU's.

The Delta Solutions bill/bills will not be made public by the State Senate until tomorrow - or so we have heard. That gives the public only one week (with a holiday in between) to examine what they are proposing for the future of the Delta. It is very possible this will be the one and only hearing for us to make comments on policies that could permanently shape the Delta's future, including the peripheral canal.

This political maneuvering is public policy formation at its worst - on one of our most important state issues, the management of water. It is time to let our legislators know that we want real solutions to break dependence on Delta water exports and that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in its present form is unacceptable to the people of the Delta.

That is why we are asking all our Restore the Delta supporters to plan on attending the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee Hearing on proposed Delta bills on July 7, 2009 at 9 a.m. in Room 4202. Be sure to arrive as early as possible. And because the details on the hearing and legislative proposals seems to be evolving by the hour, please keep checking back with Restore the Delta for the most up- to-date information.