BREAKING: Governor Newsom’s latest budget proposal, announced as part of his May Revise, includes an alarming effort to bypass longstanding legal, environmental, and public participation processes in order to fast-track the controversial Delta Conveyance Project — a massive underground water tunnel that would divert water from the Bay-Delta to industrial agriculture and wealthy water agencies in Southern California.Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director with Restore the Delta issued a swift response, “The Delta Conveyance Project is legally a ‘beneficiary pays’ project — meaning the water users who benefit must cover the costs. Yet today, the Governor wants to bypass the legal and public processes because the project doesn’t pass the economic or environmental standards Californians expect."
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