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Weekly radio address: Assembly lead water negotiators Huffman, Caballero discuss this week’s historic agreement to solve California’s water crisis

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 7, 2009 at 7:57 am

From the California Progress Report:

“In this Democratic weekly address, Assemblymembers Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) and Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) discuss historic legislation passed by the Legislature this week to solve California’s water crisis.

You may listen in English or Spanish. The transcript is below.

Transcript:

Hello, this is Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair of the Assembly’s Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.

This week California took an historic step towards ending the water crisis that has plagued our economy and environment for far too long.

The Legislature passed a comprehensive bill package that will rescue the struggling Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta, the heart of our state’s water system, and improve statewide water supply reliability.

The package also includes critical policy reforms to bring California water management into the 21st century, including the most sweeping water conservation program in the state’s history, the state’s first ever ground water monitoring requirement and increased resources and enforcement tools to crack down on illegal water diversions in order to protect legal users of water and the environment. …”

Read the rest of the transcript by clicking here.

November 7, 2009 · Filed Under Water Legislation

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