Give the State Water Board the authority to protect our environment and communities!
AB 460 and AB 1337 will change that!
AB 460 (Bauer Kahan) – gives the State Water Board greater enforcement power when diverters disobey orders to stop taking water. This is a result of last year’s action in the Klamath, where multiple agricultural diverters disobeyed the Board’s cease and desist order and instead chose to pay the fine and dewater the river, reducing it to a trickle.
AB 1337 (Wicks) responds to an Appellate Court decision last year that said that the State Water Board has no authority to regulate the most senior water rights holders during times of shortage. AB 1337 provides that authority. Senior water rights holders divert over a third of the water supplies used in the state; AB 1337 is needed to protect downstream communities and the environment during our increasingly severe droughts.
Contact your state legislator and tell them to give the State Water Board the authority to protect our water sources and vote YES on AB 460 and AB 1337!
