Legislation
 
 

Overview

SAWPA staff monitor ongoing state and federal legislation to evaluate impacts on water resources in the watershed, but we also actively work with legislators to identify and implement laws, regulations, and funding opportunities that improve the water situation for the region.

Click on the links below to see maps of the State and Federal Legislatures for the Santa Ana Watershed:

SAWPA's Legislative Activities

SAWPA's Commission created a Legislative Committee in 2000.  SAWPA holds a regularly scheduled legislative Committee meeting every month on the first Tuesday of the month.  Click on the Calendar button to check for scheduled meetings; the agendas for each meeting include an update of Legislative activities that are important to SAWPA.

In late February, 2005, SAWPA sent an appropriations request letter to Chairman Jerry Lewis, of the U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations, regarding funding requests for a variety of SCIWP projects.  SAWPA also requested funding from the Bureau of Reclamation to support the Southern California Comprehensive Water Reclamation and Reuse Study.

Legislation/Initiatives/Propositions of Note

Draft Letter To Senator Dianne Feinstein. Download a draft letter to Sen. Feinstein regarding several 2005 water initiatives with impacts in the Santa Ana Watershed (Word Format).

Proposition 13 (March 2000):
Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Act

Click on the link for the full text of Proposition 13.

Click here for SAWPA's Project information regarding Proposition 13 (SCIWP)

Proposition 40 (March 2002):
The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002

Click on the link for the full text of Proposition 40.

Click here for information on SAWPA's involvement in Proposition 40.

Proposition 50 (November 2002):
Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection

Click on the link for the full text of Proposition 50.

Click here for information on SAWPA's involvement in Proposition 50.

LINKS

 

Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Bill Tracking Page

 
 
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