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California governor seeks to speed up water, clean energy projects delayed by lawsuits, permits
One project would build a tunnel to carry large amounts of water beneath the natural channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The other would build a massive reservoir near the tiny community of Sites in Northern California