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"The Delta Tunnel would uproot our local communities, the aquatic and terrestrial environment, and further endanger fish and wildlife."...

“This project is being sold on fear and lies. Fear that without it, there won’t be enough water for Southern California’s economy. Lies that there is not an affordable alternative,” said Krystal Moreno, Traditional Ecological Knowledge Program Manager for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians,...

The project is opposed by a big coalition of Tribes, fishing groups, conservation organizations, Delta residents, Delta counties and water districts, scientists and water ratepayers. Opponents say the tunnel, by diverting Sacramento River water before it reaches the Delta, will drive already imperiled Delta smelt, longfin smelt, Sacramento winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, green sturgeon and other fish species to extinction and have a devastating impact on Tr...

“The update acknowledges there will be serious impacts to the Trinity, but proposes no mitigation measures other than annual reports from the Bureau of Reclamation,” said C-WIN senior water policy analyst Tom Stokely. "This is particularly frightening, given that the US Bureau of Reclamation will soon be run by people with no regard for the Trinity and the people who depend on it."...

Regarding the record salmon run on the Mokelumne this year, Scott Artis, Executive Director of the Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA), stated, “This steps back to what we saw last year as well: that when we actually give fish the right water conditions or truck them past the Delta pumps, hot water and low flows, and give them a chance to survive, we see record returns despite all of the layers of bad salmon policy."...

Despite widespread opposition to the Delta Tunnel by Tribes, fishing groups, conservation NGOs, environmental justice advocates, family farmers, boating group, elected officials, the five Delta Counties and Southern California water ratepayers, the Newsom administration keeps moving forward with the environmentally destructive project....

Newsom didn't include restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, now in its biggest ever ecological crisis, and California salmon fisheries in his campaign to “safeguard California values.” Under his administration, no Delta smelt, once the most abundant fish in the estuary, have been found in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl Survey for the past six years....

“It is no surprise to see that Big Oil is spending unprecedented amounts of money on lobbying this quarter,” said Isabel Penman, Northern California Organizer for Food and Water Watch. “Governor Newsom must work to counteract the influence of Big Oil and push his agencies to make smart decisions that move us away from fossil fuels and center the health of the communities living in the wake of climate change and rampant pollution.”...

When no Delta Smelt are found in six years of a survey that has been conducted since 1967, the estuary is in a serious ecological crisis....

"We simply cannot afford to have more oil spills, and SB 559 provides an immediate pathway towards shutting these offshore oil platforms down," said State Senator Dave Min....