No Reclamation Permit, No Problem
22 June 2000 - 4:30am
SacBee Columnist Dan Walters criticizes the politicized development process for a luxury hotel along the Sacramento River.
A luxury hotel being built along the Sacramento River south of downtown Sacramento requires a permit from the State Reclamation Board, which voted earlier to unanimously reject the permit. Now the hotel has flexed its political muscle, and now some city and state legislators are considering legislation to limit the Reclamation Board's power. Is this all part of the planning and development game, or is it playing outside the rules?
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Dan Walters: Hotel project flexes muscle
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The Sacramento Bee, June 21, 2000
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