<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp1027f4d1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-18/endangered-species-veto-newsom-trump" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-18/endangered-species-veto-newsom-trump</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-breadcrumbs" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a class="ydp93bb4967Link" href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; background-image: none; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; padding: 2px 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OPINION</a></div><h1 class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-headline" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 40px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.08; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Editorial: Gavin Newsom just decided to carry Trump’s water by vetoing an endangered species bill</h1><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-wrapper" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-top: 40px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-main-content" style="width: 750px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-lead" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967Figure-content" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.17; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967Figure-caption" style="display: inline;">A fall-run salmon jumps at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery near Anderson, Calif., on Oct. 2, 1996. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rejection of a key state environmental bill threatens salmon and other endangered species.</div><div class="ydp93bb4967Figure-credit" style="display: inline; margin-left: 5px;">(Rollin Banderbob / Associated Press)</div></div></div><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-byline" style="margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 680px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-authors" style="width: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-right: 10px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-authorName" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; display: inline;"><span class="ydp93bb4967ArticlePage-authorBy" style="text-transform: none;">By </span><a href="https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board" style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_9154444120">THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD</a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydpee51a830enhancr_card_9154444120" class="ydpee51a830yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpee51a830ymail-preserve-class ydpee51a830ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpee51a830yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpee51a830card-wrapper ydpee51a830yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpee51a830card ydpee51a830yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpee51a830card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/xWxVqlXH4Lns3iQeI__2qg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/833d264/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x630+0+0/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F5b%2F78%2F7c3e41e74e4b986d23923ee121b2%2Flat-logo-dark-full.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-size: cover; position: relative; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; min-height: 175px;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/xWxVqlXH4Lns3iQeI__2qg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default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ars. During last year’s deadly wildfires, Trump said the flames spread because we had pumped all the water into the ocean and didn’t have any left for firefighters. What nonsense.</p><div class="ydp93bb4967Enhancement" data-align-center="" style="clear: both; margin: 30px 0px; width: 680px;"><div class="ydp93bb4967GoogleDfpAd-wrapper" data-hide-ad="true" style="text-align: center; padding: 0px; height: auto; margin: auto;"><div id="ydp93bb4967googleAd61d67582-31de-4c33-b95b-63349d56ebdd" class="ydp93bb4967GoogleDfpAd ydp93bb4967injected" data-slot-name="/21787098806/web.latimes/opinion" data-slot-sizes="[[5, 1]]" data-module-targeting="{instart: false}" data-google-query-id="CNboopuQ3eQCFdaUfgodtrYE-w" data-current-size="[5,1]" data-hold-size="[5,1]"></div></div></div><p style="margin: 30px 0px;">A year ago, his administration rewrote federal rules in order to pump more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and divert it to farms. Reflecting his contempt for science and fact, his administration then replaced the federal biologists whose job was to study the plan for its effect on threatened salmon and other fish, and who had power to limit pumping to enforce environmental laws.</p><p style="margin: 30px 0px;">SB 1 would have helped California protect itself against the federal retreat from science and environmental protection.</p><p style="margin: 30px 0px;">Newsom generally stands up to Trump’s anti-environmentalism. For example, the governor said on Wednesday that he would fight the administration’s move to eliminate California’s authority to set more stringent auto emission standards than the federal government’s.</p><p style="margin: 30px 0px;">So it’s especially galling that Newsom is carrying Trump’s water by rejecting SB 1.</p><div id="ydp93bb4967nativo_1" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp93bb4967ntv-moap ydp93bb4967ntv1081112-344466-86825" id="ydp93bb4967ntv1081112-344466-86825" style="width: 680px; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); position: relative; border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); padding: 5px; margin: 20px 0px; display: table;"><div class="ydp93bb4967ntv-img" style="width: 250px; vertical-align: middle; display: table-cell;"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/paid-posts/?prx_t=kkEFAEc07AGH8QA&prx_ro=s&ntv_oc=134&ntv_fpc=c9bca9a3-9a6b-489c-be89-5f3237f70e5c&ntv_fr" title="Meet the Female Entrepreneur Who Built Her Business From the Ground Up" style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_9245194644"><img alt="Meet the Female Entrepreneur Who Built Her Business From the Ground Up" class="ydp93bb4967ntv-image-wrapper" src="https://ntvcld-a.akamaihd.net/image/upload/w_600,h_338,c_fill,g_auto:text,f_auto/assets/2C85CE21ECDD4FD8919626C9BB3E963A.jpg" style="vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp4a1dd3faenhancr_card_9245194644" class="ydp4a1dd3fayahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp4a1dd3faymail-preserve-class ydp4a1dd3faymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.latimes.com/paid-posts/?prx_t=kkEFAEc07AGH8QA&prx_ro=s&ntv_oc=134&ntv_fpc=c9bca9a3-9a6b-489c-be89-5f3237f70e5c&ntv_fr" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/paid-posts/?prx_t=kkEFAEc07AGH8QA&prx_ro=s&ntv_oc=134&ntv_fpc=c9bca9a3-9a6b-489c-be89-5f3237f70e5c&ntv_fr" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp4a1dd3fayahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp4a1dd3facard-wrapper ydp4a1dd3fayahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp4a1dd3facard ydp4a1dd3fayahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp4a1dd3facard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/xWxVqlXH4Lns3iQeI__2qg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/833d264/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x630+0+0/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F5b%2F78%2F7c3e41e74e4b986d23923ee121b2%2Flat-logo-dark-full.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-size: cover; position: relative; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; min-height: 175px;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/xWxVqlXH4Lns3iQeI__2qg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3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ome faith that science can and should be used to apply laws that recognize that California water and California’s environment are public trusts.</p><p style="margin: 30px 0px 0px;">By making clear that the state would keep its standards high, SB 1 would have provided crucial leverage to keep water agencies at the negotiating table with the understanding that they will ultimately have to take less instead of — as Trump would have it — more. Without that firm stance against the science-denying White House, Newsom may find that the migratory salmon, delta smelt and other endangered California species that are so essential a part of the California ecosystem are going extinct on his watch.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>