Call it another, smaller victory for opponents of the $120-plus million desal plant project in Santa Cruz, in the wake of Measure P’s success. The Santa Cruz City Council voted last week to approve some—but not all—of the $390,000 the water department requested for the project’s next steps.
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Local Desal Opponents Get Ambitious After Victory
As it became clear on election night that Measure P would win by a landslide, Rick Longinotti spelled out a new agenda for desal opponents: “This changes everything,” he said. “City council will know they can’t win a vote on desalination.”