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Senate committee advances bill to create statewide low‑income water rate assistance program
Summary
SB 350 would establish a statewide low-income water rate assistance program with auto-enrollment tied to existing energy CARE data, and allow local programs to continue if they meet or exceed state standards.
The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications advanced SB 350 on Tuesday, a bill to create the state’s first statewide low-income water rate assistance program. The measure would automatically enroll eligible households using data from California’s existing low-income energy assistance program (CARE) and aim to preserve local affordability programs that meet or exceed the statewide benefits.
Author Sen. María Durazo said water affordability has become a statewide crisis: "No family should have to choose between eating lunch and providing her children with drinking water," she…
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