News release: East Palo Alto couple to pay $1.7 million for destruction of tidal wetlands
The Solano County Superior Court approved a settlement between the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and property owners Param and Amandeep Dhillon that requires the Dhillons to pay a $1.7 million penalty and restore the White Slough wetlands in Vallejo they destroyed. In late 2019, the Dhillons filled most of the East Lagoon portion of White Slough with thousands of cubic yards of dirt trucked onto their property. The White Slough is a tidal wetland east of the Napa River near the intersection of State Routes 31 and 29, which is protected under state law and designated as a resource conservation area by the City of Vallejo.