California gets step closer to building giant new Sites Reservoir
A major project to build a new massive reservoir in Northern California got a step closer to the start of construction, when a judge rejected a lawsuit from environment groups that don’t support the development, the California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Tuesday. The Yolo County Superior Court approved the Sites Reservoir project within 148 days from when the suit was filed, in part due to a new law signed last year by Newsom to speed up the process to build projects geared at meeting the state’s climate goals. The court released its ruling on May 31.