AB 1806 Passes in
Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee hearing today
By Mike McKenzie,
April 15, Sacramento.
Thanks to all who wrote letters of support for AB
1806. It no doubt helped. Today at the Water Parks and
Wildlife Committee hearing during testimony, once we
all spoke in support of the Bill, all the big guns
from the water contractors came out in opposition to
it (naturally). AB 1806 did pass the committee,
with the SWP and CVP mitigation requirements still included,
on a vote of 8-5. The next stop will be the
Assembly Appropriations Committee in a couple of
weeks. It is not anticipated to come up for
an actual vote in Appropriations Committee for several weeks,
probably later in May. We will give plenty of notice
for any action to be taken at the proper time.
Also AB 2502, the
Prospect Island Bill was passed out of Committee,
however we are probably looking at a few amendments to
the Bill to address concerns expressed by those
that spoke against the measure. We will keep you
posted as it "evolves."
