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March 27, 2026

COURT DENIES CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES’ MOTION TO DISQUALIFY LAW FIRM FROM LITIGATION CHALLENGING DELTA TUNNEL PROJECT

ACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Judge Stephen Acquisto of the Sacramento County Superior Court rejected an attempt by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to deprive two million residents of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of their choice of legal representation in challenges to DWR’s efforts to construct a massive water conveyance tunnel and industrial facilities in the heart of the Delta National Heritage Area. The Sacramento law firm of Somach Simmons & Dunn (SSD) represents the County of Sacramento, Sacramento County Water Agency, Sacramento Area Sewer District, and City of Stockton in ongoing litigation challenging DWR’s plans to divert flows from the Sacramento River and route it around the Delta to its State Water Project contractors in the Silicon Valley, Central Valley, and Southern California … Read More

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