The city of San Francisco doesn’t want to part with its share of the valuable Sierra Nevada water supply but the state may insist. The two are back at it again in court and it’s up to a judge to decide who gets the goods.
San Francisco, as seen from the Marin headlands. (Courthouse News photo / Chris Marshall)
(CN) The city of San Francisco claims state regulators are singling out the city during a drought and trying to deprive residents of a much-needed source of drinking water, namely the Sierra-fed Tuolumne River.
With another drought on the horizon, city officials say the state is being unfair by demanding more water than it needs and more than the city has to spare. The lawsuit stems from a licensing deal for two dams controlled by a pair of nearby water districts which set the restrictions the city now seeks to maneuver around.