[calcowgirl]

The news just doesn't get better does it? Nope.

 
  5096.870.  (a) The sum of five hundred million dollars
($500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the
department, for grants for the development and implementation of
integrated regional water management projects.

(snip)

   (c) Projects that may be funded pursuant to this section shall
meet all of the following requirements:

   (1) Be consistent with an adopted integrated regional water
management plan.
   (2) Provide multiple benefits.
   (3) Include one or more of the following project elements:
   (A) Water supply reliability, water conservation, or water use
efficiency.
   (B) Storm water capture, storage, cleanup, treatment, and
management.
   (C) Removal of invasive nonnative species, the creation and
enhancement of wetlands, or the acquisition, protection, and
restoration of open space or watershed lands.
   (D) Nonpoint source pollution reduction, management, and
monitoring.
   (E) Groundwater recharge and management projects.
   (F) Contaminant and salt removal through reclamation, desalting,
and other treatment technologies and conveyance of reclaimed water
for distribution to users.
   (G) Water banking, exchange, reclamation, or improvement of water
quality.
   (H) Planning and implementation of multipurpose flood management
programs.
   (I) Watershed protection and management.
   (J) Drinking water treatment and distribution.
   (K) Ecosystem and fisheries restoration and protection.
  

[goldstategop]

We need more land to accomodate an exploding population and what is the first thing Sacramento does? Put more of it off limits to development. It isn't even smart growth. Its dumb growth.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[FOG724]

I've already sent out an announcement to Grange groups that we need to opose this. Your posts on this will be helpful. I need to put these together with policy and resend it out.

[calcowgirl]

Infrastructure?

  (f) Lake Tahoe water quality improvements. Not less than two
hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) of the funds made available by
this article shall be for projects to meet state obligations under
the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Plan.