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Senate clears bill to let state seek injunctions against politically‑motivated reservoir releases
Summary
AB 1146 would allow the State Water Resources Control Board to petition a court for a temporary restraining order or injunction to stop a reservoir operator from releasing water on false pretenses; the committee moved the bill forward after testimony about last winter's releases to the Tulare Lakebed.
The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee passed AB 1146 to the Judiciary Committee. The bill was introduced after a high‑profile January incident in which federal releases from Success Lake flowed into the Tulare Lakebed and did not reach the Southern California communities the federal action reportedly intended to assist.
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