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San Benito supervisors back Sunnyslope tax‑sharing agreement to speed water consolidations
Summary
The board approved a resolution consenting to a 0% property‑tax exchange so LAFCO can consider annexations that would consolidate failing local water systems into the Sunnyslope County Water District, unlocking state drought‑resiliency grants the county says are needed to fix arsenic and failing wells.
San Benito County supervisors voted unanimously Nov. 6 to advise the county auditor they concur with a 0% property‑tax exchange to allow annexations to the Sunnyslope County Water District, a step officials said is needed to move multi‑million‑dollar state drought‑resiliency grants into construction.
Public Works Administrator Steve Luke told the board the California Department of Water Resources provided roughly $16 million in drought‑resiliency funding through two local grant awards, including about $13 million the county will use to consolidate small, failing potable systems into Sunnyslope. "The intent is to consolidate local existing water systems that are failing in various ways into Sunnyslope County Water District," Luke said, adding that the…
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