The Bay Delta Conservation Plan differs only slightly from similar studies written in the 1960s.
Some names have changed, intakes added, and now tunnels are the vehicle of choice but the main issues remain unaddressed. Water flow, salinity, habitat restoration still are unresolved.
Southern California continues to choose to exist as a verdant paradise all the while telling Northern Californians, "Don't worry. These problems will be resolved after tunnel construction begins."
Almost 50 years ago, our former Rep. Jerome Waldie remarked that the peripheral canal was not a water problem but a population problem.
As long as our southern neighbors chose to overbuild, they will always look to us, their northern neighbors, to provide for their needs.