HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-390 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of }
Expressing Appreciation to
Senator George Miller, Jar. ,
for Cooperation in Opposing ) RFSOLUTION NUMBER 68/390
Assembly Bill No. 942 Proposing )
the Creation of the Delta Water
Agency. }
Assembly Bill No. 942, authored by Assemblyman Robert T.
Monagan, of San Joaquin County, which Pill, if signed by Governor
Reagan, would create a six-County "Delta Water Agency' for the
purpose of entering into firm and binding; contracts with the
Federal and State Governments for water duality control in the
Delta; and
Senator George Miller, Jr. , and this Board, upon analysis
of the Bill and intentions of "promoters" of the. :Bill, had reached
the conclusion that the Bill is highly detr..mental to the Western
Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta because:
1. "Promoters" of the Bill plan to use the "November 19,
196emorandurrz of Understanding" which sets forth
certain water quality criteria to be maintained in
the Delta as the basis for any Agreement entered into
with the Federal and State Governments;
2. These criteria are extremely detrimental to the
Western Delta, which lies mainly within Contra Costa
County, because they would allow excessive and un-
precedented intrusion of ocean salinity;
3. If the Bill is passed Western Delta agriculturalists
will find themselves in- the position of having to pay
for a lower quality of water than they have experienced
in the past.
4- Of the eleven members of the Beard of .Directors, of
the Agency, only one will be representative of Contra
Costa County;
5. The Agency creates a wholly unnecessary level of
government with relatively unlimited taxing powers ;
and
6. Finally, and most important, the creation of the
Agency may result in the impairment of the De It n ' s
valuable Water Rights .
On June 10, 1968 , Senator Tiller presented on the floor of
the Senate , the County' s stand against Assembly Bill No. 942, and
requested Contra Costa County lands be excluded from the Delta
Water Agency; and requested the Senate not "pass" the Bill, and
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68,/390
In the face of lucid arguments, emphatically presented
by the Senator, the Senate, nevertheless, led by representatives
of ,San Joaquin Valley and Southern California interests, who
would be the real beneficiaries of the passage of Assembly Bill
No. 912, voted in favor of the Bill.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLIMD that we express our appreciation
to Senator George Miller, Jr. , for his splendid stand against the
passage of Assembly Bill No. 912, favored by overwhelming
political forces.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of June , 1968, by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, James E. Moriarty,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid.
NOES : None,
ABSENT: Supervisor Alfred M. Dias.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/390