SAN JOSE, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $20 billion plan to build a massive, 45-mile long tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to make it easier to move water from Northern California to Southern California won the endorsement of Silicon Valley’s largest water agency on Tuesday.
By a vote of 6-1, with director Rebecca Eisenberg dissenting, the board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District approved spending $9.7 million for planning and geotechnical studies of the project, thus remaining as a partner.
The district, a government agency based in San Jose, is expected to vote by 2027 on whether to provide $650 million in construction funding for the plan, which is one of California’s most long-running and controversial water issues…