HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-030RESOLUTION NO. 82-30
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
URGING A YES VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM
ON THE 1980 STATE WATER ACT (SB200)
APPEARING ON TEE JUNE 8, 1982, BALLOT
WHEREAS, California must maintain a water policy consistent with
the high environmental standards needed for the protection of our natural
resources; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the State of California and all of its
residents to develop a conscientious program of water conservation; and
WHEREAS, the fish and wildlife populations of the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta are being destroyed by present methods of pumping water frcm
the Delta; and
WHEREAS, California agriculture faces a critical shortage of water,
which could result in a loss of production; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water District, which supplies most of
Southern California, will lose over half of its Colorado River water
allotment in the mid-1980s due to a 1963 United States Supreme Court Decision
(Arizona vs. California); and
WHEREAS, The 1980 State Water Act is a comprehensive water
development and water conservation measure designed to meet the water needs
of every region of California while providing unprecedented environmental
protections; and
WHEREAS, The 1980 State Water Act will ensure against drought years
by conserving and storing thousands of acre-feet of surplus water which is
now being lost to the Pacific Ocean through the Delta; and
WHEREAS, The 1980 State Water ACt will help restore fish and
wildlife populations in the Delta and San Francisco Bay to their historical
levels of 1922-1967; and
WHEREAS, The 1980 State Water ACt authorizes major water
conservation and waste water reclamation programs; and
WHEREAS, the Peripheral Canal, as authorized under The 1980 State
Water A~t, will help replace the lost Colorado River water on which Southern
California now depends; and
WHEREAS, the (Dst of the Peripheral Canal, as authorized by The
1980 State Water A£t, is $600 million in 1980 dollars, which would cost the
average family of five living in Southern California less than $10 a year;
and
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WHEREAS, only those who benefit from The 1980 State Water Act will
pay for the project; and
WHEREAS, The State Water Act was approved by the legislature and
signed by the Governor in 1980 as SB 200 and must now gain voter approval in
the next statewide election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Santa Ana endorses
The 1980 State Water Act (SB 200) and urges a YES vote by the Santa Aha
electorate on the referend~ on this Act appearing on the June 8, 1982,
ballot; and directing the Clerk of the Council to send such resolution to
Orange County's State elected officials.
ADOPTED this ] 5th day of March , 1982.
Guy, Clerk of the Council
CGt~NCILMEMBERS:
Bricken Aye
Luxembourger -~
Acosta -~
Serrato -~
Griset --~
Markel yT
McGuigan yT
Approved as to Form:
City Attorney