CCKA’s 2024 Legislative Priorities

This legislative year is about building on our success from last year. CCKA introduced two new bills this year with Assemblymember Diane Papan, the new Chair of the Assembly Water… Read More…


Fighting for Flows in the Shasta Watershed

On January 17, California Coastkeeper Alliance submitted a petition to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) to establish permanent instream flow regulations in the Shasta Watershed. Instream… Read More…


CCKA’s Top Priorities for 2024

Photo: Shannon Switzer After a successful 2023, California Coastkeeper Alliance has big plans for protecting clean water in 2024. In particular, we are focused on addressing issues where the state… Read More…


CCKA’s Top 10 Achievements in 2023

California Coastkeeper Alliance has much to celebrate in 2023 – from nominating the first new marine water quality protections in 50 years, to successfully advocating for the nation’s first direct… Read More…


California Coastkeeper Alliance Challenges Agricultural Order for Failing to Ensure the Right to Safe, Clean Water

Is California serious about racial equity and the belief that every human being has the right to safe, clean, and affordable drinking water? We don’t think so. That is why… Read More…


CCKA’s 2023 Legislative Wrap-Up

This legislative year was a big one. It began with uncertainty as thirty-four freshman legislators entered the halls of the Capitol alongside an agreement to change the Speaker of the… Read More…


Clean Rivers Start at Home: Steps to Mitigate Stormwater Pollution

Written by Chase Dudum, CCKA Intern and USC Undergraduate Student Earlier this year, Southern California experienced the impacts of Hurricane Hilary, which led to massive amounts of rain during the… Read More…


California is Taking Important Steps Toward Water Affordability

For residential water users, cost is one of the only limiting factors for the amount of water you are allowed to use. Essentially, if you have the money, you can… Read More…


Governor Newsom: It’s Time California Invests Clean Water Funds Back to Communities of Color

It is long past due for California to invest resources back into our communities most harmed by water quality pollution – communities predominately of color. According to the state, Black,… Read More…


California, What Happened to Every Human Being Has the Right to Safe, Clean Water?

Is California serious about racial equity and the belief that every human being has the right to safe, clean, and affordable drinking water? Or is it just lip-service for political… Read More…


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