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Hetchy Reservoir foes say city resources were used against Prop. F

By: Dan Schreiber 10/18/12 9:13 PM
The ballots are out — and the gloves are off — in the fight over whether San Francisco should study draining and replacing its primary water reservoir in the Hetch Hetchy Valley of beloved Yosemite National Park. Read More

Hetch Hetchy ballot fight heats up as election nears

By: Dan Schreiber 10/09/12 9:58 PM
The latest battle in the intermittent centurylong war to drain the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park is intensifying as the Nov. 6 election approaches. Read More

Hetch Hetchy proposal going to voters

By: Suha Saya 07/09/12 8:56 PM
Officials from the Yosemite Restoration Campaign announced Monday that they have secured enough voter signatures to let San Franciscans vote on a measure to study the feasibility of draining the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. “We are only asking for simple steps to make a plan,” said campaign director Mike Marshall, executive director of Restore Hetch Hetchy. Read More

Taste for Hetch Hetchy water hard to shake

By: Amy Crawford 06/26/12 10:26 PM
In the minds of many San Franciscans, The City’s tap water is indelibly linked to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. But recently, when the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission announced plans to drill new wells on the west side of The City, officials concluded that they might have oversold the Hetch Hetchy brand. Read More

Hetch Hetchy Series #2: Proposal to study Hetch Hetchy dam removal gaining traction

By: Amy Crawford 06/26/12 1:29 AM
Restore Hetch Hetchy operates out of a shabby fifth-floor office in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, across Mission Street from abandoned storefronts and a rundown SRO hotel. The small nonprofit's staff is forced to drink bottled water, because the aging buildings rusting pipes make tap water unpalatable. Read More

Hetch Hetchy opponents prepare initiative

By: Amy Crawford 02/29/12 5:00 AM
Hetch Hetchy Valley
As environmentalists said they will file paperwork today for a ballot initiative requiring city officials to plan for the possible removal of the O’Shaughnessy Dam and the draining of the Hetchy Hetch Reservoir, Mayor Ed Lee denounced their proposal.Restore Hetch Hetchy, a group devoted to returning the valley in Yosemite National Park to its original state, will need to gather 9,702 signatures by July 9 to put the initiative on November’s ballot. Read More

Dam opponents eager to collect signatures for ballot measure

By: Will Reisman 02/15/12 6:58 PM
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
The long quest of some environmentalists to drain the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and restore the underlying valley could begin this November at San Francisco ballot boxes.Opponents of San Francisco’s controversial water source say they will file paperwork next week with the City Attorney’s Office to clear the path for a signature-gathering effort to put a measure before voters later this year. Read More

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