A large number of people were scheduled today to testify and comment on the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) … when a bizarre hacking incident occurred on the Zoom platform that the California State Water Resources Control Board was using for a hearing. The hearing was regarding the pending petitions for a change in water rights by the California Department of Water Resources that are required to move forward with the Delta Tunnel. … When the hearing started, one of the attendee windows displayed a graphic obscene video with a synthetic or altered voice saying loudly, “Shut this Zoom Call Down.” The hacker took over the audio so the Hearing Officer could not speak, so she shut the hearing down.

Other Delta tunnel news:

• SJV Water: Kern districts want strings on money to continue funding delta tunnel​
• California Department of Water Resources: DWR has released a statement on today’s incident at the  @CaWaterBoards hearing on the Delta Conveyance Project.