California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), an independent government agency, has recommended that policymakers wait to implement Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent proposal to expedite the state’s Delta Conveyance Project.
“Deferring actions would allow the Legislature more time and capacity for sufficient consideration of the potential benefits, implications, and trade-offs,” the LAO said in a report released on May 27.
Newsom attached trailer bill language in his revised budget proposal in May, aiming to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project, a major state initiative with a price tag of $20 billion to modernize the transfer of water from the northern region to the south….