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Sacramento, California - State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia released the following statement on Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.’s emergency drought relief proposal:

“Today’s emergency drought relief package will bring the needed aid to the economic, environmental and public health crisis that we are facing throughout our state and our districts.  This is a step in the right direction but more must be done and as Californians we must band together and roll up our sleeves to combat this water crisis.  I look forward to the debate and working with the newly created office that will help disproportionately impacted communities such as ours,” said Garcia.

Today’s Emergency Relief Package is detailed in two legislative proposals:

One aspect of the bill appropriates over a billion dollars in Proposition 1 (water bond) and Proposition 1-E (flood protection bond). These funds were approved by the voters for water and flood related investments.

More specifically, these funds would be used to address the impacts of the drought in the following ways:

The second portion of the bill focuses on policy aspects of the draught and stresses the need to speed up contracting for funds, and creating an office that helps disproportionately impacted communities respond to their water challenges and access state resources.