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    George Skelton: On delta tunnel, Newsom should heed Dirty Harry's sound advice

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Jun 23, 2023 3 minutes
    The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near the town of Rio Vista.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To paraphrase Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry in the 1973 movie classic "Magnum Force," a governor's got to know his limitations.

    There are limits to the power even of a governor with no major political opposition and a very friendly, normally cooperative Legislature.

    This time, Gov. Gavin Newsom may have found his limitations. Key lawmakers are pushing back against his late-entry legislation to expedite construction of a highly controversial water tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

    As is his pattern, , denying legislators and the public ample time to assess

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