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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>More help from Jeff in
trying to understand what the legislation does and doesn’t include.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 04, 2009
10:47 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bwl3@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> NY Times website:
"Historic Water Reform package Passes Calif. Legislature"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><NYT_HEADLINE version="1.0" type=" "><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Historic <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
California Legislature voted early this morning to overhaul the state's
governance of water supply, sending a five-part reform package to Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger (R).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A
day after the water effort seemed near collapse, Senate leaders managed to
negotiate a settlement to finish their half of the work as the clock ticked
well beyond midnight. Crucially, the Senate passed revised legislation to enact
a groundwater monitoring program, clearing a key roadblock.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With
the Senate's work done, the action turned to the lower chamber, where lawmakers
traded blows until about 4 a.m. PST over a comprehensive package that opponents
called an unprecedented expansion of a state bureaucracy that is already the
nation's most extensive. But the Assembly overcame the protests to pass the
four policy sections of the omnibus effort, along with an $11.14 billion bond
measure to finance water projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
the governor signs the package, the bond would be placed on the November ballot
next year, as any new debt must be approved directly by voters. The bond was
raised at the last minute in the Assembly from a previous level of $9.99
billion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
increase brought a round of reprisals from critics who cited the state's
economic woes and recent budget cuts to core programs like education and health
care. Assemblymember Chuck DeVore (R), a candidate for Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D)
seat in Washington, said the bond measure had been "so bulked up with
pork" it would fail next year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"This
is not the time to put an $11.14 billion bond before the voters,"
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D) added.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Schwarzenegger,
a supporter of the bond, is expected to sign the entire package.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=bold><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Core details</span></font></span><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
bills moved by the Legislature are nothing if not complex, but they would
essentially accomplish five key goals. The package would:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do away with the long-troubled CalFed program
and the Bay Delta Authority to establish a seven-member governing council to
oversee both restoration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which
supplies water to 23 million Californians, and future construction of
levees, dams, canals or other water projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mandate a 20 percent reduction in urban per
capita water use by Dec. 31, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Begin the first-ever groundwater monitoring
program in the state, wresting control of the process from local
authorities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Prevent illegal diversions and increase fines
for those found stealing water.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l6 level1 lfo5'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pursue funding for all of the above.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Water
monitoring had threatened to derail negotiations this week, but Senate
Democratic leader Darrell Steinberg offered a concession to Republicans who
feared regulators would encroach on private property, writing language into the
final bill that would prohibit regulators from accessing private land without
prior approval.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"It's
a fair balance," Steinberg said minutes before the Senate passed the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Elsewhere,
many proponents hope the new governing council, with members appointed by the
governor and the Legislature, will be able to cut through red tape and
slow-moving environmental reviews to expand conveyance and storage facilities.
Among the options the council would likely consider once created is
construction of a multibillion-dollar peripheral canal around the delta to
farms and urban users in the south.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=bold><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Intense debate splits environmentalists</span></font></span><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
votes yesterday came after an intense round of lobbying that saw prominent
environmental groups in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>
working against each other.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
support of the policy provisions (but not necessarily the bond) were the Nature
Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and
California League of Conservation Voters, among others. Firmly against it were
the Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and Planning and Conservation League.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To
Steve Evans, conservation director of Friends of the River, the backing of
NRDC, in particular, meant implicit support for building a peripheral canal
around the delta. Moreover, Evans took issue with NRDC's claim that it has no
position on the bond, calling it a politically convenient calculation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"NRDC
claims that they oppose the bond, but if you pass policy without funding, it's
just a piece of paper," Evans said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>NRDC's
Barry Nelson, head of the group's Western Water Project, countered that his
coalition of environmental groups had formed the first "growing
middle" on water legislation in a generation. He noted that the groups had
joined with the Westland Water District, the Orange County Business Council and
others to back Steinberg's package in what amounts to a cease-fire among common
enemies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"Suffice
it to say that NRDC and the Westlands Water District have disagreed about many
things over the years, frequently before a federal judge," Nelson wrote in
a blog post. "But perhaps it is a sign that a truce is possible, giving us
time and breathing room to develop workable solutions."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
a subsequent interview, Nelson said Evans has misrepresented his position on
the bond, for one, and failed to see the big picture in terms of the
environmental restoration provisions that survived into Steinberg's bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"This
is the most ambitious water reform bill the state has considered in a
quarter-century," Nelson said. "There are a number of new protections
for the delta that we don't have under current law that make this a far
stronger bill."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Among
those protections is a provision that would require the state to determine how
much water the delta needs to keep fish alive and save the ecosystem from
further destruction. "Environmentalists have been trying to get that
determination made for 23 years," Nelson said. "It's enormously
important."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>But
Evans said the legislation would drag water lawyers into court for a decade and
result in more infrastructure, more debt and less water for all parties
concerned. He also claims the politically appointed council of seven would tend
to favor throwing money at the problem, to build new infrastructure instead of
advancing aggressive conservation, desalination, recycling and groundwater
management measures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"A
$9 billion bond will cost the taxpayers $576 million a year for 30 years,"
Evans said. "It's just not feasible, because the state's debt service on
bonds already authorized by the voters will grow to about 10 percent of the
state's budget and will contribute to more state funding cuts."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lawmakers
were caught in the same debate. A vocal opponent, Sen. Lois Wolk (D), called
the legislation a "litigation haven" that could cost the state
anywhere from $52 billion to $78 billion in new water projects. But Steinberg,
in remarks on the Senate floor, countered that the peripheral canal was
anything but assure, as the council would have to consider all alternatives and
subject its review to the "co-equal" goals of environmental protection
and water supply.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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