California Lawmakers Strike Down Governor’s Hopes For Expedited Water Tunnel Project
July 12, 2023
Facing a range of high-profile water problems, legislators in the nation’s thirstiest state are at odds over a massive project that could impact millions of consumers.
“California’s most hotly contested water proposal suffered a setback … after a budget deal reached between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers dropped a provision that would have put the project on a regulatory fast track,” The Sacramento Bee reported. “It means more uncertainty for the Delta Conveyance project, a 45-mile tunnel that would pull water from the Sacramento River and pipe it underneath the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — the water supply source for 27 million people and millions of acres of farmland.”
