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Newsom Vetoes Delta Levees Bill as El Niño Winter Looms
- Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to strengthen the Delta’s aging levees before a possible El Niño winter.
- Newsom said more than $170 million already budgeted for levees, aqueducts, canals, and related projects made the bill unnecessary.
- The Legislature passed the bill unanimously, with five members not voting.
- McNerney called the veto disappointing but described this year’s funding as historic.
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Gov. Newsom Vetoes Important California Water Bill, Despite Unanimous Passage by Legislature
California Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed Senate Bill 872, by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an important water infrastructure bill that would have provided funding to aging Delta levees and sinking State Water Project canals. These two threats to California’s water supply were important enough that the bill was passed by the California Legislature unanimously. The bill would have created the Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund, t…
·Sacramento, United States
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
Bias Distribution
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57% Left
L 57%
C 29%
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