Litigation
Jan. 30, 2016
Fight to restore valley in Yosemite heads to court
Nonprofit Restore Hetch Hetchy will argue in court that the city's decision a century ago to dam the Tuolumne River and fill Hetch Hetchy valley violates the state's constitution
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A century ago, the city of San Francisco won a bruising battle with environmentalists and flooded a picturesque valley in Yosemite National Park to create a reservoir that would supply water to the growing city.
The decision to dam the Tuolumne River and fill up the Hetch Hetchy Valley was controversial at the time, but the need to secure more water for San Francisco - which was recovering from...
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