Senate Bill 366 advances through California assembly committee
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Senate Bill 366 (SB 366), which would establish statewide water supply targets, unanimously passed through the California State Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee.
SB 366 would require state, water community and stakeholders to follow through on comprehensive, long-term water supply solutions that will transform water management in California, ensuring adequate and reliable supplies for all beneficial uses.
Sb 366 will face its next hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee in August, after a unanimous 13 – 0 vote.
The bill would secure California’s future water supply by establishing necessary water supply targets to capture and produce enough water for all uses. It would modernize the California Water Plan for a 21st century climate.
The bill would also ensure accountability for state agencies on water management issues, as well as compliment and amplify Governor Newsom’s Water Supply Strategy, ensuring there are water supply targets that extend beyond any single administration.
California will continue to face ongoing water supply shortages due to evolving and worsening climate conditions, an aging water infrastructure, a growing population, a global economy and antiquated state policies.
“We’re pleased that the Committee sees the importance of SB 366 and understands the urgency in which California must make a change to secure a long-term and reliable water supply for the State’s future. We’d like to thank the Committee for keeping this vital legislation moving forward,” said Danielle Blacet-Hyden, Deputy Executive Director, California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA), co-sponsor of SB 366, in a press release.
“The Governor said himself, ‘the water system in California was designed for a world that no longer exists.’ With SB 366, the state can reverse the trend of overreliance on water cutbacks and rationing by working with the water community to rectify the decades-long, statewide water supply threats that are impacting 40 million Californians,” said Blacet-Hyden.
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