Responding to the sustained drought in California and neighboring western states, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have introduced a bill to provide more flexibility within existing law to deliver water, transfer water, and provide additional emergency funding for water supply projects.
This legislation follows another bill passed in the House last week to provide more irrigation deliveries in the Central Valley, and waive certain environmental mandates. Although Representative Jim Costa (D-CA) voted for the House bill, he is introducing companion legislation to the Boxer and Feinstein bill.