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Public commenters urge committee to back''polluters pay' resolution, stormwater capture and immigrant legal funding
Summary
Multiple public speakers urged the committee to support a resolution backing state-level "polluters pay" legislation, called for local investment in stormwater capture instead of the Delta tunnel, and requested more funding for immigrant legal services.
Several public commenters at the Rules Committee meeting urged the panel to support a city resolution backing state legislation that would make polluters pay for cleanup costs, and raised related concerns about water policy and legal services for immigrants.
Andrea Vega, introduced in the record as an organizer with "Fruit and Waterwatch," told the committee she supported agenda item 8 and urged committee members to back a state-level "superfund" approach that would require oil and other polluters to pay for environmental damage. "This would benefit California, especially after the recent fires in Los Angeles, and it would…
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