Gia Moreno

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Hood Community Council

Social Media Liaison

expertise:

Racial + environmental justice, Water rights + policies

state: CA

city: Sacramento

LGBTQ: NO

Tribal Affiliation: YES

languages: English

race + ethnicity: Indigenous (e.g. Native, Native American, First Nations, Comunidades Indígenas, Indigenous descendant), Mexican American, Mexican, or Chicana/o/x

I am currently working to prevent my hometown, Hood, California from being destroyed by the Delta Conveyance Tunnel. Hood is home to mostly Chicano, Latino, and Native American residents.

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Water rights + policies

'Season's Greetings' from DCA: a 'refined' tunnel route that will destroy salmon and Delta ecosystem – Daily Kos

On Christmas Eve, the Delta Conveyance Authority (DCA) released a "refined" tunnel route plan that will destroy Central Valley salmon populations and the Bay-Delta Ecosystem

Ecosystems

Fishermen, Tribal Members Ask CA Water Board to Deny Voluntary Water Agreements – Daily Kos

Native Americans, fishing industry and conservation community talk about disastrous salmon numbers, closed fishing season and impacts to culture and livelihoods.

Racial + environmental justice

Capital Region communities relieved after lawmakers get Newsom to ditch his environmental run-around for Delta tunnel in budget deal – Sacramento News & Review

Timely reports from Sacramento News & Review writers on breaking news and big issues. [from Sacramento News & Review]

Ecosystems

Edge of Extinction – As Delta Tunnel plans move forward, CDFW midwater trawl survey reports ZERO Delta smelt in November

For the sixth November in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey