In an overt act of political meddling, Governor Newsom and his deputies are pressuring a judge to retract her evidence-based findings on the Sites Reservoir Project
The evidence shows the multi-billion-dollar Sites Reservoir project cannot operate as proposed without unreasonable harm to rivers, fish, and ecosystems. So says the independent judge assigned by the State Water Board to hear and weigh the evidence.
As a result, many of the state’s political elite have written to the judge to tell her she should change her conclusions, not based on the law or the evidence, but simply so that the Sites Project can divert more water. This reminds us of an old legal aphorism: “If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the facts are against you, argue the law. If both are against you, pound the table and yell.”
Source: Maven's Notebook