"The bipartisan Delta Caucus is unanimous in strong opposition to the governor’s proposal to fast-track the Delta Tunnel, a $20 billion unaffordable project to be paid by ratepayers who are already struggling with the high cost of living in California," the Delta Caucus wrote in a news release.
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Newsom wants to fast-track $20B Delta Tunnel, over objections from lawmakers

"The bipartisan Delta Caucus is unanimous in strong opposition to the governor’s proposal to fast-track the Delta Tunnel, a $20 billion unaffordable project to be paid by ratepayers who are already struggling with the high cost of living in California," the Delta Caucus wrote in a news release. "This project will destroy prime farmland, wreak havoc on the Delta region for a generation, and fail to solve the state’s water issues."

Delta Caucus co-chairs, Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, are asking their colleagues in the Legislature to reject Newsom's proposal. 

"In short, California should develop a sustainable water system instead of the expensive and damaging tunnel that will not add a drop of new water to the system," McNerey said in a statement. "The Legislature and governor should pursue alternatives that would cost far less and would safeguard California’s main water supply system without inflicting major harm to it, such as fortifying Delta levees and increasing water recycling and groundwater storage."

 

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