Bylaws and Ethics
Restore Hetch Hetchy is a nonprofit organization registered under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In all our endeavors, we are committed to the letter and spirit of all regulations governing our nonprofit status.
Further, we are dedicated to fair and ethical treatment of our employees, equity and justice for current and future park visitors, and to the privacy of our supporters. Some of the policies that govern our operations are provided below.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
- The bylaws which govern our operations
- Our commitment to protect the privacy of our supporters
- Our whistleblower policy
- Our conflict of interest policy
We have posted our tax returns (990s) for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017. Let is know if you have any questions.
See also minutes from board meetings for recent years:
Our blog
Our flagship blog features analysis of news from our staff and announcements of upcoming events.
San Diego and the Water Business – mostly good
San Diego has an excess of water. So it is selling some of its supply to Las Vegas and Arizona. See the Wall Street Journal story "San Diego now has...
California snowpack in 2026 – low, but not terrible
Wednesday's headline in the The San Francisco Chronicle "California in for ‘ugly summer’ amid one of the worst snowpacks on record" was an attention...
San Francisco doesn’t need Hetch Hetchy now. But what about later?
Our most recent report, The Cherry Solution, demonstrates that San Francisco does not need Hetch Hetchy Reservoir for its water supply. With the...
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