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Supervisors send resolution urging State Water Board to act on Bay‑Delta plan after tense debate with PUC
Summary
The committee adopted language urging the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt its proposed Bay‑Delta flow update and to consider voluntary agreements; SFPUC warned mandatory unimpaired‑flow rules could force large supply projects, rationing and rate rises if implemented without negotiated settlement.
After a lengthy public hearing with more than two dozen speakers, the Land Use & Transportation Committee on Oct. 29 adopted and sent to the full Board a resolution urging the State Water Resources Control Board to act on its proposed update to the 2006 Bay‑Delta plan and to allow timely consideration of voluntary agreements.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the resolution’s lead sponsor, framed the vote as a push for science‑based action to protect the Bay and regional…
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