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Protests Against Peripheral Canal Continue at Steinberg's Office Today

September 8, 2009 -- (Sacramento) -- Residents of Sacramento and the Delta will continue to hold protests today and tomorrow against the mad rush by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to ram a badly-flawed water bill package through the State Capitol against the needs and wishes of his constituents. The protesters will be picketing in front of Steinberg's office on 1020 N Street, across from the south side of the State Capitol, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9.
 
"We are protesting against Steinberg's plan to build a peripheral canal even though Sacramento and Delta residents are completely against this giant government boondoggle," said Barbara Daly, a Delta farmland owner, of Save the Delta. "The backroom deals and politically stacked Conference Committee that have produced the current water bill package are a complete mockery of the democratic process."
 
Over 40 people from the Sacramento area and Delta held a lively protest in front of Steinberg's office in Sacramento on Friday, September 4 to protest Steinberg's water deal.
 
Steinberg's constituents are outraged that none of the 14 members of the Water Conference Committee that Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass appointed last week are committed to protecting the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas. They are appalled that Delta legislators opposed to the canal have been completely excluded from the Conference Committee and the backroom water bill negotiations.

Contact: Barbara Daly 916-761-4726