August 30, 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom
1021 O Street, Suite 9000
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SUPPORT SB 872 – Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund
Dear Governor Newsom:
On behalf of Inland Action, a non-profit, non-partisan organization supporting the Inland Empire, we would appreciate your support of SB 872 – Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund bill.
More than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland depend on water that flows through the SWP conveyance facilities. These facilities provide water supplies that are necessary to maintain the state’s economy, develop and support additional local water supplies, recharge local groundwater basins, produce food, and serve more than three-fourths of the disadvantaged communities throughout the state. As land sinks, the physical alignment and capacity of canals and aqueducts are compromised, leading to inefficiencies, rising maintenance costs, and significant reductions in water delivery.
Committing to a durable, long-term funding gameplan for water conveyance subsidence repairs and Delta levees will ensure the state is contributing to a shared and coordinated investment to avoid further degradation of the state’s primary water delivery systems and reducing hardship for communities and ecosystems that depend on it. Inaction will increase the cost of water for millions of Californians, increase strain on California’s energy grid, and negatively impact disadvantaged communities, farms, businesses and ecosystems that depend on state and federal water project supplies.
Many members of Inland Action have personally toured the Delta levee and canal systems to ensure that we understand this critical need to our state water supply. We urge you to sign SB 872.
Thank you for your attention to this request.
Sincerely,
Julie Michaels
Executive Director
Inland Action