1996-18 Support Prop 204
. RESOLUTION NO. 96-18
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SAN DIEGUITO WA TER DISTRICT SUPPORTING
PROPOSITION 204
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has placed on the November 1996 ballot a $995 million
general obligation bond measure known as Proposition 204, the Safe, Clean Reliable Water Supply Act;
and
WHEREAS, Proposition 204 would provide loans and grants for improvements in the San
Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, clean water and water recycling programs, water supply reliability programs,
ecosystem improvements as part of the CALFED Bay-Delta program, and local flood control and
prevention; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 204 will benefit all Californians by ensuring safe drinking water,
increasing water supplies, preventing water pollution, protecting against floods, helping our economy and
jobs, encouraging water conservation and recycling, protecting fish and wildlife, and protecting against
earthquake damage to our water system; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 204 recognizes the importance of the San Francisco Bay-Delta, which
supplies drinking water to two out of three Californians, provides irrigation water to more than 200 crops,
contains the largest wetlands habitat in the Western United States and supports more than 120 species of
fish; and
. WHEREAS, California has made few major improvements to its water supply and delivery
system in the past 30 years, even as its population doubled to 32 million and is projected to be nearly 50
million by 2020; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 204 is a prudent investment in our environment and our $750 billion
economy, and is a much-needed fIrst step toward ensuring the quality and reliability of the state's long-
term water supply; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 204 represents an important commitment by the state to the CALFED
process to secure a long-term water solution for the state;
NOw, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED, that the Board of Directors of San Dieguito Water
District supports Proposition 204, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, on the November 5, 1996,
ballot.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of San Dieguito Water
District held on the 23rd of October, 1996, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Aspell, Bond, Davis, DuVivier, Hano
NOES: None /
ABSENT: None /
ABSTAIN: None /
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',/ Lauren M. Wasserman, Secretary
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