… Collinsville is in the news because the California Forever or Flannery investor billionaires are working their uncommon influence to persuade the California Legislature to funnel federal funds for shipbuilding for a facility a little east of the Town of Collinsville. … The Army Corps of Engineers with over seventy technical studies determined that deepening the Sacramento ship channel likely needed for the Collinsville area proposed ship building would introduce additional salt water into the Delta. Such introduction would compromise water quality for 23 million municipal and agricultural users and water conveyance for the State Water Project.
–Written by Elizabeth Patterson, vice-chair of the Delta Heritage Area Advisory Commission.

Other Delta news:

• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): Legislation purportedly in works to expand Collinsville shipbuilding footprint
• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): Tourism, recreation – not shipbuilding – is right future for Collinsville​
• Daily Kos: Blog: Rally for the Delta Friday, Imperial Irrigation District backs tunnel