State water board grants request by Brown and Newsom to delay Bay-Delta Plan decision

A final vote on a plan to increase water flows to the lower San Joaquin River and southern Delta was delayed until Dec. 11 by the State Water Resources Control Board.

The board announced that its members voted at a meeting in Sacramento to grant a request by Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom for a postponement to allow more time for voluntary agreement talks among state agencies, local water agencies and other groups.