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Public and advocates press SFPUC to back state plan to leave more water in rivers
Summary
Conservation groups and multiple public commenters urged the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to support the State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay‑Delta Plan and not to substitute habitat measures for flow protections; they criticized PUC staff briefings and asked for transparency and stronger leadership ahead of a January deadline.
Public commenters and environmental advocates told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 13 that the commission should back the State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay‑Delta Plan and keep more water in California rivers rather than negotiating offsets that do not guarantee river flows.
Heinrich Albert, co‑chair of the Bay Chapter Sierra Club’s Water Committee, told commissioners the effort must ‘‘step up’’ and said staff appeared to be…
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