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Delta conveyance audit request sparks intense debate; committee discussion continues
Summary
Assemblymember Rebecca Ransom and others requested an audit of Department of Water Resources’ Delta Conveyance Project planning costs, funding sources and projected ratepayer impacts. DWR and the Metropolitan Water District opposed immediate audit action; the committee discussion remained unresolved.
Assemblymember Rebecca Ransom presented a broad audit request for the Department of Water Resources’ Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), seeking a detailed accounting of planning and administrative costs, funding sources, projected construction costs and potential impacts on ratepayers and taxpayers.
Why it matters: Supporters said the DCP is one of California’s largest planned infrastructure projects and argued that hundreds of millions have been spent on planning although construction has not begun. They told the committee that escalating construction input costs and uncertain benefits justify independent legislative…
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