A couple of bills meant to speed up the process were allowed to die in committee before reaching the state Assembly. Opponents of the project consider it a victory in a fight to protect the water of the delta and the towns that live along its banks.
"Well, the history of Isleton is really deep in the river," said Iva Walton. "Isleton used to be the main stop on the steamboat between Sacramento and San Francisco. So, it has a long history of depending on the traffic on the river."
"I think, in general, people are aware that it would be bad for the environment, for the property, the land, and the tourism that comes out here, if the tunnels were to drain a lot of the water from here," Walton said. "It just seems ridiculous to take from something that is a fragile environment. There has to be other options."
His office released a statement saying: "For too long, attempts to modernize our critical water infrastructure have stalled in endless red tape, burdened with unnecessary delay. We're done with barriers — our state needs to complete this project as soon as possible, so that we can better store and manage water to prepare for a hotter, drier future. Let's get this built."
Rosenfield is science director for SF Baykeeper, one of the groups opposing the tunnel for the damage they think it would inflict on already faltering fish populations downstream in the delta. But he thinks it is the project's whopping price tag that caused legislators to let the bills die without a vote.
It's also not a winning proposition in Isleton, where protecting the river is considered vital.
If approved, the tunnel would run 45 miles from the Sacramento River to an existing reservoir near Livermore, before heading south via the California Aqueduct. Construction probably couldn't begin until 2029 and would take at least 15 years to complete.
Newsom said he would like to see the tunnel fully entitled by the time he leaves the governor's seat. There are major political forces at work and no one seems to think this will be the end of it.
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