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PUC staff outlines implications of new Bay‑Delta legislation, bond and reporting rules
Summary
Deputy GM Michael Carlin briefed commissioners on five pieces of state legislation affecting the Bay‑Delta — including a Delta Stewardship Council, a water bond (identified as SBX X7‑2, ~$11.144B final), groundwater monitoring and diversion reporting — and said staff will produce a detailed analysis of local impacts.
Deputy General Manager Michael Carlin told the commission the state legislature passed five related measures during a special session addressing Bay‑Delta governance, funding and reporting.
Carlin said the Delta Protection Act creates a seven-member Delta Stewardship Council charged to produce a Delta Plan and a Delta Watermaster with delegated enforcement authority from the State Water Resources Control Board. He said the legislation also sets up a Delta Independent Science Board and a Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy "to try and balance the needs of the people in the…
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