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Bayview advocates and Sierra Club press SFPUC on community benefits, oppose desalination
Summary
Public commenters told the SFPUC to prioritize community benefits for Bayview/Southeast neighborhoods as infrastructure projects proceed and urged staff to treat desalination as a last resort, citing conservation and local jobs as alternatives.
At its Feb. session the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard public testimony urging the agency to prioritize community benefits in large water and sewer upgrades and to treat desalination as a last‑resort option. Yolanda Lewis, speaking for "the coalition," told commissioners the Bayview/Southeast sector should receive "true financial benefit" from multi‑billion‑dollar infrastructure projects and noted perceived inequities in the…
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