Meeting Speaker for Sept. 9, 2013 - Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla

Preserving the Delta

What changes are planned for our Delta?   What are the issues of land use, water diversion, fish extinction, islands and who are the players.  How does our local, Central Valley and Southern California water powers each get allocated.  

Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla is the Executive Director for Restore the Delta. Prior to joining the campaign, Ms. Barrigan-Parrilla served as the Business Development Manager for the Planning and Conservation League in Sacramento. Ms. Barrigan-Parrilla has also taught English in the California community college system, served as a field representative for the Oakland local of the California Federation of Teachers, worked in marketing and customer service for The Disney Channel, and served as Executive Director for Manifest Press and Literary Arts Center also in Oakland.

Over the last seven years, Ms. Barrigan-Parrilla has worked to give Delta residents a voice in the myriad of government processes leading to the proposed peripheral tunnels project, or Bay Delta Conservation Plan.  Ms. Barrigan-Parrilla maintains that the health of the Delta is directly tied to the environmental and economic health of California, and will give an insightful look into one of California’s largest public works efforts.