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C. 14

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Date:	May 1, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

"Support" on the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/01/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 1, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

CONSIDER adopting a position of "Support" on the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018, a citizens initiative water bond that may appear on the November 2018 statewide California ballot, as recommended by the Legislation Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

See Attachment C.

BACKGROUND:

The California Water Infrastructure and Watershed Conservation Bond Initiative (#17-0010) may appear on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The measure would issue $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure, groundwater supplies and storage, surface water storage and dam repairs, watershed and fisheries improvements, and habitat protection and restoration.

On March 13, 2018, the Secretary of State announced that signatures had been filed for the ballot initiative. As of March 22, 601,535 signatures had been filed. At least 365,880 of those signatures—about 60.8 percent—need to be valid. Counties have until April 24, 2018, to conduct a random sample of signatures.

The request for the Board of Supervisors' support for the State Water Supply Infrastructure, Water Conveyance, Ecosystem and Watershed Protection and Restoration, and Drinking Water Protection act of 2018 was considered by the Legislation Committee at their April 9, 2018 meeting and unanimously approved.

Attached is a comparison provided by the California Urban Streams Partnership of the anticipated Fall 2018 bond and Proposition 68, which is set for the June 2018 ballot. (Attachment B.)

Attachment A is the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018.

More information can be found at: https://waterbond.org/

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Board will not have an official position on the initiative if one is not adopted.