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May 23, 2023

California governor seeks to speed up water, clean energy projects

  • Gavin Newsom says California has hundreds of billions of dollars to spend on infrastructure projects over the next decade.
    • By ADAM BEAM and TRAN NGUYEN
    Associated Press

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pledged to fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of construction projects throughout the state, including a pair of large water endeavors that have languished for years amid permitting delays and opposition from environmental groups.

    For the past decade, California officials have pursued the water projects in the drought-prone state. One would construct a giant tunnel to carry large amounts of water beneath the natural channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to drier and more populous Southern California.


     
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