Governor puts in $25 million for Delta Plan option supported in Solano
Gov. Gavin Newsom set aside $25 million for the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program in his May budget revision – a Delta Plan option strongly supported by Solano County, Suisun City and a number of other local agencies. However, a usual Solano water ally is not happy with Sacramento. Restore the Delta, a coalition of regional tribes, farming, environmental and fishing interests, called the revise a “major blow to an already declining Delta.” It was particularly unhappy that no funding was provided for what it says are critical Delta levee protections. … Solano County Water Agency General Manager Chris Lee had not seen the revise details, so he did not want to comment. However, he has strongly advocated for the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program over an earlier Unimpaired Flow state proposal that Lee and others have said would devastate Solano.
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