June 14, 2018

State legislators had proposed a law that would have taxed residents on the most basic need of water in order to fund the cleaning of toxic wells. Instead of pursuing this legislation, leaders agreed to spend $5 million from the general fund to crackdown on lead in drinking water at child care centers and to allocate $23.5 million from the general fund for safe drinking water actions. Additionally, California voters on June 5th, approved Proposition 68, a parks-and-water bond that includes $250 million to clean-up unsafe drinking water systems.