Peripheral Canal Opposition

Capital Weekly on opposition to the Peripheral Canal. Among the arguments critics cite: the Delta planning process hasn't include enough transparency or public input; the canal would cause environmental problems; the canal would provide a supply-side answer to a demand-side problem; and the state can't afford an infrastructure project this large.

Says assemlywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo): “The canal would be [one of] the biggest public constructions ever made in the United States, equivalent to the Panama Canal, and I want to make it clear I will not vote for a Panama Canal.”