Proposed Restoration
See also: Disputes and controversies over O'Shaughnessy DamRecent proposals, first by the U.S. Department of Interior and subsequently by the California state government, to remove the dam and restore the valley raise the possibility that the valley may once again be returned to its natural condition (see Restore Hetch Hetchy). However, former Secretary of the Interior Don Hodel recalled in a 2005 op-ed that his proposal in the 1980s had been "met by an unexpected firestorm of opposition from some people who normally favored environmental responsibility and conservation, most notably then-mayor of San Francisco, Dianne Feinstein".
On the November 2012 ballot, citizens in San Francisco voted on whether the city should come up with alternatives to Hetch Hetchy's water and power. The proposal was defeated.
Read more about this topic: Hetch Hetchy Valley
Famous quotes containing the words proposed and/or restoration:
“The proposed Constitution ... is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)