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Legislative Delta Caucus Urges CA Legislature to Reject Newsom Proposal to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel [1]

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Date: 2025-05-20

Governor Gavin Newsom has really amped his attack on Tribes, fishing communities, Delta residents, the Bay-Delta ecosystem, Southern California water ratepayers and the people of California by trying to fast-track his plan to build the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel through the State Legislature.

On Thursday, the Legislative Delta Caucus leaders of the California Senate and Assembly to reject Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to fast-track the Delta Tunnel Project in the 2025-26 state budget.

Today, May 20, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation will meet at 9:30am in State Capitol Room 437.

In a letter to Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Mike McGuire, Assembly Budget Chair Jesse Gabriel, and Senate Budget Chair Scott Wiener, along with Gov. Newsom, all of the Delta Caucus’ 15 members noted that the costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project “is opposed by every city and county affected by it.”

“The bipartisan Delta Caucus is unanimous in strong opposition to the governor’s proposal to fast-track the Delta Tunnel, a $20 billion unaffordable project to be paid by ratepayers who are already struggling with the high cost of living in California. This project will destroy prime farmland, wreak havoc on the Delta region for a generation, and fail to solve the state’s water issues,” said Delta Caucus co-chairs, Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City. “We call on the Legislature to quickly reject the governor’s proposal. California should instead pursue less costly and destructive alternatives, including fortifying Delta levees and increasing water recycling and groundwater storage.”

A copy of the Delta Caucus’ letter is here.

The Delta Caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators who represent counties of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The caucus members are Senator McNerney (D) (co-chair), Assemblywoman Wilson (D) (co-chair), Senator Roger Niello (R) (co-vice chair), Assemblymember Heath Flora (R) (co-vice chair), Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D), Senator Jesse Arreguín (D), Senator Angelique Ashby (D), Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías (D), Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D), Senator Christopher Cabaldon (D), Senator Tim Grayson (D), Assemblymember Josh Hoover (R), Assemblymember Maggy Krell (D), Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D), and Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D).

Here’s the action alert from Restore the Delta on today’s hearing at 9:30 a.m.:

Governor Newsom’s May budget package was accompanied with a suite of trailer bills that would circumvent long-standing water law, environmental protections, and public due process to advance one of California’s most controversial and costly infrastructure projects, and at the same time undercut water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, which are embodied in the Bay-Delta Plan.

We need your presence and voice to help stop this dangerous initiative.

The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation will meet tomorrow, May 20 at 9:30am in State Capitol Room 437.

Now more than ever, it is crucial for anyone connected to the Bay-Delta estuary to speak out. The Governor is attempting to advance the Delta Tunnel under the guise of the budget process, ignoring legal requirements and disregarding public input. We must stand together to protect our ecosystems and communities.

Join us TOMORROW in person to make your voice heard:

Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Time: 9:30 AM

9:30 AM In-Person Location: State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814, Room 437, on the fourth floor. There are entrances on the South and North end.

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