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    George Skelton: It's about time California built the Sites Reservoir

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Nov 13, 2023 3 minutes
    US President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom listen to a speaker before Biden delivers remarks on his administration's environmental efforts at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto, California, on June 19, 2023.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper.

    So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for deciding that it's finally time to put this tardy project on the fast track.

    Fast track means there'll be limited time for any opponent to contest the project in court on environmental grounds.

    Newsom used a new law he pushed through the Legislature in June aimed at making it easier to build transportation, clean energy and water infrastructure by expediting

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