MCWRA LEGISLATIVE ACTION: MCWRA Adopts an Oppose Position on AB 338 (Aguiar-Curry)
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Justin Caporusso
Executive Director/MCWRA
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(916) 412-0571
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA) submitted a letter in opposition of Assembly Bill 1717 (Aguiar-Curry), relating to public works. AB 1717 seeks to expand the definition of “public works” to include fuel reduction work paid for in whole or in part out of public funds performed as part of a fire mitigation project, including, but not limited to, residential chipping, rural road fuel breaks, fire breaks, and vegetation management.
“Given the increasing threat of megafires, it is ill-timed and counter-productive to introduce additional barriers to implementation of fire mitigation projects in communities that desperately need public funds to complete these projects,” said Mike Lee, President of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association.” It is for these reasons that the MCWRA opposes AB 1717.”
Click here to review the letter.
