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Water management plan stalls in Legislature

Posted by: Maven on September 12, 2009 at 7:22 am

From Mike Taugher at the Silicon Valley Mercury News:

“” The most ambitious attempt to reform California”s water management in decades appeared to stall late Friday after Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, said the votes for passage did not appear to be there.

Faced with a midnight deadline “” and the possibility of a time extension “” an Assembly committee passed the water policy reforms bill, but the fate of the package dimmed during a meeting of Democratic lawmakers. Bass said lawmakers planned to seek a special session.

The package includes a sweeping reform of state water policy in one bill and a $12 billion bond package to help pay for it in another. It was dependent on the bond bill receiving two-thirds approval from the Legislature.

The bills would help move forward plans to build a controversial peripheral canal to carry water around the Delta, but would also set standards meant to ensure it was built without environmental harm.

First, the bills would guarantee an adequate flow of water remains in the Delta; second, they would require the plan for the canal lead to actual recovery of the Delta ecosystem rather than merely avoiding extinctions. …”

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September 12, 2009 · Filed Under Legislation - State & Federal

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