Committee advances bill to require local skilled workforce on Salton Sea restoration projects
SB 369 would codify a requirement that restoration work at the Salton Sea use a local skilled-and-trained workforce, aiming to protect worker safety, provide higher wages and build a local job pipeline for Imperial Valley residents.
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Senator Padilla introduced SB 369, which would statutorily require the use of a local skilled-and-trained workforce on Salton Sea restoration projects. Padilla said the lake’s shrinking inflows have raised salinity and dust exposure risks, and that codifying workforce standards will protect workers and create a pipeline of local jobs for the Imperial Valley.
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