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Litigation

Apr. 30, 2016

SF retains significant water source

The Hetch Hetchy Valley will continue to hold drinking water for more than 2.5 million people in the Bay Area, a Tuolumne County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Hetch Hetchy Valley will continue to hold drinking water for more than 2.5 million people in the Bay Area, a Tuolumne County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday.

Sustaining a demurrer brought by the San Francisco City Attorney's office, Judge Kevin M. Seibert found the federal Raker Act of 1913 preempted any argument that the California Constituion prohibits maintaining the reservoir in Yo...

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