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Community groups press SFPUC for environmental‑justice policy, caution on Tuolumne diversions
Summary
Multiple community organizations and the Citizens Advisory Committee urged the commission to adopt environmental‑justice guidelines, prioritize outreach and public participation in WSIP, and to avoid tying increased Tuolumne River diversions to infrastructure upgrades.
Speakers during the Feb. 26 public‑comment period urged the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to take stronger steps on environmental justice and to separate water‑diversion proposals from seismic upgrade approvals.
Peter Drechmeyer, Bay Area Program Director for the Tuolumne River Trust, representing a coalition that includes Clean Water Action, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Sierra Club, presented a position paper urging the commission to decouple…
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