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Lawmakers debate audit of Delta Conveyance Project; supporters cite transparency, agencies urge existing oversight
Summary
Assemblymember Randi Ransom and others pressed for an audit of the California Department of Water Resources— Delta Conveyance Project to identify project spending, funding sources and cost assumptions; DWR and Metropolitan Water District opposed the audit as unnecessary given other oversight and ongoing reviews.
Assemblymember Randi Ransom requested an audit of the Department of Water Resources— (DWR) Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) to identify planning and administrative expenditures from July 2022 through June 2025, funding sources (including contributions from state water contractors), and whether project budget assumptions remain realistic amid construction inflation and market volatility.
Why it matters: Supporters said hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on planning and that the public deserves a clear accounting before construction begins on a project that has been controversial in courts and public opinion. They asked the auditor to examine whether DWR and some state water contractors have projected how construction bond costs would be repaid and whether ratepayers would shoulder significant new costs.
Supporters' case
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