Wolk withdraws authorship of Delta Conservancy bill
Bill is amended with new author and new provisions opposed by Delta counties
SACRAMENTO-Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) has
withdrawn her authorship of Senate Bill 458 that
would establish a Delta Conservancy. The action
came in response to being notified by Senate Pro
Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) that her
legislation would be amended in a Conference
Committee with provisions Senator Wolk and the five
Delta counties opposed. Wolk has been replaced
with Senators Steinberg and Joe Simitian (D-Palo
Alto) as the authors of SB 458.
"When I learned that the Conference Committee
intended to alter key provisions of the bill, as well as
other pieces of the water package, it was clear I could
no longer carry this legislation," said Senator
Wolk. "What began as a sincere effort to create a
state and local partnership to restore the Delta and
sustain the Delta communities and economy is
becoming, day by day, amendment by amendment, a
tool to assist water exporters who are primarily
responsible for the Delta's decline. It is regrettable.
Without the Delta communities as working partners in
this effort it is unlikely to succeed."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Melissa Jones
Phone -- 916 651-4005
.
About Restore the Delta
Restore the Delta is a grassroots campaign committed
to making the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable to
benefit all of California. Restore the Delta - a coalition
of Delta residents, business leaders, civic
organizations, community groups, faith-based
communities, union locals, farmers, fishermen, and
environmentalists - seeks to strengthen the health of
the estuary and the well-being of Delta communities.
Restore the Delta works to improve water quality so
that fisheries and farming can thrive together again in
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
|
Restore the Delta
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Making the California Delta fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable by 2010!
|
|
