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          Date of Hearing:   June 29, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                  SCR 43 (Huff, et al.) - As Amended:  June 23, 2009

           SENATE VOTE :   38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Water Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims May 2009 as California Water Awareness  
          Month, and encourages all Californians to participate in the  
          statewide campaign that focuses on educating Californians about  
          the value of water in everyday life.   Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)California is in its third consecutive year of drought; and  
            the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a key natural estuary  
            and the pathway through which more than 25 million  
            Californians and 2.5 million acres of productive farmland  
            receive water, is in an ecological crisis that threatens  
            people as well as the environment.

          2)The circumstances of the severe drought conditions, by reason  
            of their magnitude, are beyond the control of the services,  
            personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county or  
            city; and therefore, require mutual and regional action.

          3)The Governor has directed the launch of a statewide water  
            conservation campaign calling for all Californians to decrease  
            their water use; and there are many simple actions  
            Californians can take to conserve water without an appreciable  
            effect on their lives.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800