Assembly Appropriations Kills SB 414 and its Safe Drinking Water Plans
On August 20, the Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee killed SB 414, a bill to help disadvantaged communities throughout California who suffer from the lack of safe drinking water due to contamination.
SB 414 represents three years’ worth of work to construct a pragmatic, thoughtful solution that would have provided the State Water Resources Control Board the authority to order consolidation of small water districts in order to secure safe drinking water for predominately communities of color.
This is an urgent public health and safety issue and I am outraged that families will still turn on their drinking water taps to brown, foaming, dirty water. I am committed to fight, again, next year to ensure that the Assembly understands the urgency and need in the Central Valley and so many other communities.
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Senator Anna M. Caballero represents the 12th Senate District, composed of Merced, Madera, and San Benito Counties, and portions of Fresno and Stanislaus Counties.
