Friday April 8, 2022
The Porterville Recorder —
State Senator Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, will no longer seek to dissolve the State Water Resources Control Board, which manages the state water.
But Hurtado is still moving ahead with Senate Bill 1219 — the State Water Resiliency and Modernization Act. The act originally called for the State Water Resources Control Board to be dissolved and to be replaced by a Blue Ribbon Commission.
That Commission would have been comprised of officials from water agencies across the state along with State Legislators. But Hurtado has placed amendments to the bill which no longer calls for the State Water Resources Control Board to be dissolved.
Senate Bill 1219 also no longer calls for a Blue Ribbon Commission, but rather a Blue Ribbon Committee.