Litigation
Apr. 23, 2015
Nonprofit group sues City of San Francisco over construction of O'Shaughnessey Dam
A nonprofit fighting to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park sued the city of San Francisco Tuesday alleging its construction of the O'Shaughnessey Dam and filling of the Hetch Hetchy Valley violates the state constitutional ban on diverting water in an unreasonable way.
By Fiona Smith
A nonprofit fighting to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park sued the city of San Francisco Tuesday alleging its construction of the O'Shaughnessey Dam and filling of the Hetch Hetchy Valley violates the state constitutional ban on diverting water in an unreasonable way.
The group, Restore Hetch Hetchy, filed its petition in Tuolumne County Superior Court claiming the city's flooding of the valley, enabl...
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