Documents Related to SFPUC Disinformation on

Potential Socioeconomic Impacts

of the Bay Delta Plan

2009 testimony of David Sunding to the Administrative Law Judge

The table titled “Economic Impacts of Potential Levels of Rationing for Regional Water System” shows lost jobs and lost sales cited in the 2016 editorial.

2014 Draft Brattle Group Report: “Socioeconomic Impacts of Water Shortages within the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System Service Area”
Table 5-3 (page 62) shows updated lost sales. Table 5-4 (page 64) shows updated lost jobs.

2014 SFPUC presentation to FERC: “Socioeconomics Impacts of Water Shortages on the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System”

Slide 30 shows updated sales losses. Slide 32 shows updated job losses.

2016 SFPUC editorial: “San Francisco to State on water-use cutbacks: How low can we go?”

This editorial cited the outdated, highly inflated 2009 jobs and sales losses.

2018 Final Brattle Group Report: “Socioeconomic Impacts of Water Shortages within the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System Service Area”

This report finalizes the jobs and sales losses identified in the 2014 draft report.