The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) staff has released for public review and comment a draft of potential updates to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento­ San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Bay­Delta Plan). The draft updates to the Bay­Delta Plan are focused on the portions of the plan relevant to the Sacramento River watershed, Delta eastside tributaries (including the Calaveras, Cosumnes, and Mokelumne Rivers), and Delta (Sacramento/Delta) for the reasonable protection of fish and wildlife beneficial uses. The draft Sacramento/Delta updates to the Bay­Delta Plan include options for incorporating what is referred to as the “regulatory pathway” or “regulatory provisions” based on concepts described in the Board’s September 2023 draft Staff Report that includes new Sacramento/Delta tributary inflow and cold water habitat provisions and inflow­ based Delta outflows, as well as other provisions. The draft also includes provisions based on voluntary agreements (VAs) proposed by public water agencies and state and federal agencies known as the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Proposal and referred to as the “VA pathway” or “VA provisions” that would also be regulatory provisions if incorporated into the Bay­Delta Plan. The State Water Board has not yet made a decision on how to move forward with the Sacramento/Delta updates to the Bay­Delta Plan and is seeking public input on the potential updates and options identified in the draft plan. The proposed plan would be devastating to agriculture resulting in as much as 330,000 acres of fallowed land in the Sacramento Valley and 260,000 acres of land in the San Joaquin Valley. The Association is developing comments opposing the proposed flow restrictions and supporting the alternative plan and VA provisions. Based on comments on this draft, State Water Board staff will develop a revised draft of proposed updates to the Bay­Delta Plan for additional public comment and Board consideration.