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New laws signed by Gov. Newsom clear way for more farmworker housing
On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new slate of laws meant to expand housing for farmworkers, a community whose struggle for safe places to live has gone uncovered for too long."It's been a frustration I think we all have- you see bill signing and it's like OK. It's the beginning now of the next phase, the real work," Newsom said.That real work is now beginning in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. Assemblymember Gail Pellerin said a Santa Clara County Supervisor brought a bill that needed revisions to her attention."It was difficult to implement because the housing had to...
Long anticipated Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion cancelled
For ten years, Bay Area water companies have wanted to increase storage capacity of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir above Brentwood as insurance against another drought. But as time dragged on without construction, the project became more expensive and less beneficial. Now, water agencies that were once desperate for more water are saying, 'Thanks, but no thanks.'" In 2014, in the grips of a prolonged drought, water agencies began looking at raising the dam at Los Vaqueros as a way to increase their supplies during future dry times. Water would be banked for cities around the Bay Area, as...
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