Environmental Law & Policy Alert – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

March 4, 2026

Delta Stewardship Council Hears Appeals on the Delta Conveyance Project

On February 26 and 27, 2026, the Delta Stewardship Council (Council) held a two-day public hearing to address ten appeals challenging the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Certification of Consistency (C20257) with the Delta Plan for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project (DCP). DWR proposes to add two new water diversions on the Sacramento River in the north Delta near the community of Hood in Sacramento County, from which it would convey up to 6,000 cubic feet per second of Sacramento River water through a 45-mile underground tunnel to the south Delta for export to State Water Project contractors in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California. During the hearing, the Council and public weighed in with comments and questions directed at whether DWR’s consistency certification is supported by substantial evidence in the record … Read More

Written by Danielle Diele Fatta, Ellen M. Moskal, Kelley M. Taber