CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1364Introduced by Senator VidakFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 78500.2 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1364, as introduced, Vidak. Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act.Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. The bond act states various legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 78500.2 of the Water Code is amended to read:78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1364Introduced by Senator VidakFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 78500.2 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1364, as introduced, Vidak. Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act.Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. The bond act states various legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1364
Introduced by Senator VidakFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Senator Vidak
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 78500.2 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1364, as introduced, Vidak. Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act.
Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. The bond act states various legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. The bond act states various legislative findings and declarations.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 78500.2 of the Water Code is amended to read:78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 78500.2 of the Water Code is amended to read:78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
SECTION 1. Section 78500.2 of the Water Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.
78500.2. In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.
(b) The states growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible.
(d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the states water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state.
(e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the states long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies.
(f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and national importance. The Bay-Delta provides habitat for more than 120 species of fish and wildlife and serves as a major link in our water delivery system for businesses and farms statewide and more than 22 million residents.
(g) The state has signed an historic accord with federal officials and statewide water interests that calls for the development of a comprehensive and long-term solution for the water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental problems of the Bay-Delta.
(h) Federal and state representatives have initiated a program known as CALFED, to develop a comprehensive and long-term solution to the problems associated with the Bay-Delta, including an equitable allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups. The success of the CALFED program is vital to the environmental and economic well-being of the state.