In the wake of CRLA's recent win for clients in the San Joaquin Valley who have limited or no access to safe drinking water, Governor Brown has signed seven bills aimed at improving water quality and access throughout California. Photo by David Bacon.
In the wake of CRLA's recent win for clients in the San Joaquin Valley who have limited or no access to safe drinking water, Governor Brown has signed seven bills aimed at improving water quality and access throughout California. In the case, Newton-Enloe and the A.G.U.A. Coalition v. Horton and California Department of Public Health, CRLA represented local residents and coalition members seeking to force the State to complete the Safe Drinking Water Plan. After a ruling in the Fifth District Court of appeals that supported CRLA's claims that the State was mandated to complete a Drinking Water Plan, the State of California and CRLA's clients agreed to a settlement whereby a high quality Plan will be completed.
Read on for some of the great recent press coverage about the case and its potential impact on CRLA client communities across California:
The Fresno Bee: Settlement Reached in Valley Water Fight >>
Oct 6, 2011
The Fresno Bee: Gov. Brown signs clean-water bills >>
Oct. 7, 2011
KVPR, Valley Public Radio (Part II: Water Quality) >>
October 11, 2011
Host Juanita Stevenson talks to Laurel Firestone of the Community Water Center in Visalia, Kara Brodfuehrer of California Rural Legal Assistance, and Dr. David Zoldoske California Water Institute about lack of water quality and access for rural towns across California.
Univision: Llegan a acuerdo sobre agua limpia en Condado de San Joaquín >>
Oct 7, 2011
History of the case:
New American Media: Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in CA's San Joaquin Valley >>
August 22, 2011