Assemblyman Frank Bigelow and California Water Alliance Respond to SB1 Advancing in the California Assembly

August 30th 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – Earlier today, California Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) by Senator Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) advanced from the California Assembly Appropriations committee. SB 1 will now be considered on the California Assembly floor before the Legislature adjourns on September 13th.

“I am disappointed that SB 1 was released off suspense file with amendments that make it much worse for farming and California as a whole.” Said Assemblyman Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals), who serves as Vice-Chair of the Assembly Appropriations committee, shared with the California Water Alliance.

SB 1 effectively declares that California would adhere to laws governing clean air, water, endangered species and labor that were in place in January 2017, before the beginning of the Trump Administration.

“SB 1 is bad for farmworkers, farmers, and communities throughout the state of California. Our environmental laws and regulations should be defined by current, sound science not petty politics,” said William Bourdeau, Chairman of the California Water Alliance.

SB 1 would freeze the existing federal biological opinions. Future permits would be subject to outdated science and ineffective federal baseline measures, thus permanently, constraining the coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project.

The California Water Alliance has led effort to demand that the California Legislature “Fix or Nix SB 1”: https://californiawateralliance.org/fix-it-or-nix-it/

The California Water Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that advocates for an increase in water supply for municipal, agricultural and environmental needs: https://californiawateralliance.org/

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