SENATE TARGETS WASTE, REGIONAL WATER BOARDS FOR DOWNSIZING

May 20, 2005
Under the banner of "improving efficiency," a Senate budget subcommittee is crafting budget trailer language to significantly downsize membership on the regional water boards and the waste board. Stakeholders are reacting with varying levels of puzzlement and disapproval, noting that the proposal is still vague and leaves unanswered the big question of precisely which board positions will be eliminated. The Senate budget subcommittee with jurisdiction over Cal/EPA May 17 agreed on a 2-1 vote to draft trailer bill language that...


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