Giant tunnel going 150 feet underground - Hood to Tracy VIDEO

Post by **WB Staff** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:43 am

The Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 4 p.m. meeting at the River Road Exchange building in Hood, California attracted about 100 people who are all against Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to build a giant 40' diameter tunnel going 150 feet underground from Hood to Tracy and connect with the California Aquaduct to send water southward to places like the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Katherine Miller, a member of the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors and moderator for the Hood event, said the Department of Water Resources was invited to give their side but they refused to attend. However, many prominent politicians in the state legislature and from county board of supervisors were there to show they are against the tunnel, too.

Governor Newsom cut the tunnel project from two tunnels the former Governor Jerry Brown proposed to one tunnel. However, Delta residents and other Delta lovers say they don't want any tunnel and that the water contractors have already done far too much damage to the California Delta. One speaker pointed out how the Clifton Forebay connection to the California Aquaduct has long been a slaughterhouse for fish.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:34 am

Where are they getting all this water they want to ship south? We're in a drought, and whatever water we have needs to stay up here, to replenish our own aquifers.

JVGondal · Post by **JVGondal** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:56 pm

Unfortunately Mark too many people in Ca vote for democrats
Just look around at our elected leaders
You shouldn’t be surprised in the least bit

coyote268 · Post by **coyote268** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:48 pm

Very simple, LA is where the most votes are. Newsome could care less about the Delta when he can secure the Southern California votes by shipping the water south.

jiggin4bass · Post by **jiggin4bass** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:29 pm

And Newsome knows selling water is good business.Votes and Money drive Ca. Politics. All these hearing are just formalities you have no say so. It's a Democratic state period. End of story !!!!!

coyote268 · Post by **coyote268** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:23 pm

Very simple, LA is where the most votes are. Newsome could care less about the Delta when he can secure the Southern California votes by shipping the water south.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:17 pm

coyote268 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:23 pm Very simple, LA is where the most votes are. Newsome could care less about the Delta when he can secure the Southern California votes by shipping the water south.

I thought 90% of the water went to the San Joaquin Valley water districts, and only 10% went to LA.

MichaelB · Post by **MichaelB** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:01 pm

Metropolitan Water District in LA is allegedly funding most of the Newsome Tunnel, you know they are taking most of the water. Don't know how much is going to the sleazy operators in the San Juaquin Valley and Bakersfield

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:38 pm

MichaelB wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:01 pm Metropolitan Water District in LA is allegedly funding most of the Newsome Tunnel, you know they are taking most of the water. Don't know how much is going to the sleazy operators in the San Juaquin Valley and Bakersfield

Damn!

JVGondal · Post by **JVGondal** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:26 am

Gavin Newsom’s plan for a single tunnel instead of two may be less expensive than Jerry Brown’s twins, but it isn’t any less foolish.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:20 pm

JVGondal wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:26 am Gavin Newsom’s plan for a single tunnel instead of two may be less expensive than Jerry Brown’s twins, but it isn’t any less foolish.

Agree!