California State Assembly Water Bond Working Group – Comments Received
Assemblymember Anthony Rendon received over 50 comment letters, including letters from MCWRA and a MCWRA led coalition.
Rendon staff summarized lengthy comments and then included some of each party’s comments verbatim, which are shown in italics.
For the comments on the “Proposed Principles for Developing a Water Bond”, click link: Water Bond Principles – Comments II
BACKGROUND: In May, Assembly Speaker John Pérez appointed a working group in the Democratic caucus, to lead a program to brief Democratic Assemblymembers on the water bond and water issues generally. He appointed Assemblymember Anthony Rendon to chair the Water Bond Working Group (Working Group). Working Group members organized water policy briefings for their colleagues from their regions.
Drawing on these briefings and discussions, the Water Bond Working Group began discussing principles for developing a water bond after passage of the State Budget. The Working Group then identified priorities and accountability measures for developing a water bond that would gain the support of 2/3 of the Legislature and the voters. The Working Group’s proposed principles (the Principles) accompany this brief background and may be found at: http://awpw.assembly.ca.gov/waterbondreferencedocuments
