Local reps push back on Newsom’s Delta Tunnel fast-track plan
Solano County’s congressional representatives teamed up with collegues representing Sacramento, San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties to fire off a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom protesting his latest proposal to use the budget process to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project, also known as the Delta Tunnel. The controversial project is a $20 billion plan to funnel more water south. U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson and John Garamendi teamed with representatives Doris Matsui, Mark DeSaulnier and Josh Harder to issue the letter to the governor and state legislative leadership reaffirming their strong opposition to the proposed tunnel. … Noting that the Bay-Delta is one of the most ecologically significant estuaries on the West Coast, and that it supports thousands of fishing jobs, vital agricultural lands, tribal and environmental justice communities as well as some of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the state, the legislators said the tunnel plan would be devastating for the region.