State official: San Joaquin County to benefit from tunnel construction

California Resources Secretary John Laird, responding to a letter from the San Joaquin Council of Governments: “… No county stands to benefit more than San Joaquin County from the development of the new water facilities proposed in BDCP.

“It would create tens of thousands of construction-related jobs in San Joaquin County alone at a time when Stockton is facing bankruptcy and the local economy desperately needs relief,” Laird went on to write. Read his letter in its entirely here.

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