State Water Board opens three-day hearing on Bay-Delta Plan update
The State Water Resources Control Board convened a three-day hearing starting Jan. 28, 2026, to take oral comment on the December 12 revised draft Sacramento-Delta updates to the Bay Delta Plan and the new Chapter 13 of the draft staff report; board action was deferred to a later noticed meeting.
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Chair Joaquin Esquivel called the hearing to order and outlined logistics for hybrid participation, emphasizing that the board will not take action during the three hearing days and that written comments are due Feb. 2, 2026. "We're here starting the 1st day of a 3 day hearing on the Bay Delta Plan," Esquivel said, noting the December 12 release of the revised draft and Chapter 13 initiated public review.
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