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    "headline_text": "Assembly Member Harper Defies Party in Vote on Salton Sea Restoration  Bill",
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    "date_text": "Tuesday, June 27, 2017",
    "time_text": "04:37 AM PST",
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            "utterance": "Good morning, Mr. Chair. I think if I started with SB 615 that would kind of give a better overview in terms of the two bills are related and I think this would be a good introductory bill to-"
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            "utterance": "Thank you. The floor's yours."
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            "utterance": "Present to members. First of all, I want to thank you, Mr. Chair, and the members for allowing me to present this bill here today. This is a bill that addresses one of California's largest problems. It's a a bill that attempts to take on an environmental problem that we have in our state, it attempts to take on an economic problem we that have in our state,"
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            "utterance": "it attempts to have one of the largest human health problems that we have in our state. And it also attempts to take on a water quality, water availability problem that we have in our state. Very few people have heard of the Salton Sea. When I got here to the Legislature in 2010, this was a subject that most legislators were not familiar with."
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            "utterance": "I started working back then, you know because you were involved in that effort, to not only raise awareness but begin a program to begin addressing the problems of the decline of the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea is California's largest lake"
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            "utterance": "and over the years, it's been increasing in salinity. Over the years, it's become an important stopover for migratory birds. It's pretty much the only environment left for them to stop on their flight from north and south. It is in the heart of Imperial County and the southern part of Riverside County."
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            "utterance": "But currently, the sea is in a position where it's declining, where the fish that currently live in the sea are set to die off, which would really endanger the migratory birds. This is a body of water that's probably one of the state's largest polluters of air,"
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            "utterance": "as it releases methane and dangerous toxins or gases. It releases dangerous gases into the air that if you followed and tracked the movement of the gases, they go as far as Malibu in this air plume that extends north into the Los Angeles Basin affecting Riverside and"
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            "utterance": "Los Angeles Counties, Orange Counties, these are areas, Imperial Counties, and of course, San Diego Counties, there are areas that face declining air quality as a result of this declining resource."
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            "utterance": "SB 615, the bill that I am presenting today, requires the Natural Resources Agency to develop a 10-year plan to implement an MOU between the Resources Agency and the Federal Government and to implement an MOU that was entered into between the Resources Agency and the Federal Government in 2016."
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            "utterance": "In March, the Resources Agency released a draft 10-year plan and when we look at that, we know that it's only a partial plan but that additional work needs to be done to accomplish that. The final 10-year plan will serve as a road map to a restored sea that will ensure"
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            "utterance": "we establish a very strong foundation that transcends administrations into the future. Right now, today as we look at the victims of the sea, the most impacted are the most innocent. The exposed playas, for example, as the sea recedes, have resulted in a spike in asthma rates, making Imperial County's cities some of the cities with the worst asthma"
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            "utterance": "rates in the country, the number one worst areas for poor air quality. The Sac Bee puts the number of children with asthma in Imperial County at 12,000 of an area with a population of about 178,000 people. These are 12,000 children that are facing a problem with breathing every day."
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            "utterance": "Many of our families are very poor. They can't leave Imperial County. We have the highest unemployment rates in the state in Imperial County and it is also one of the most important agricultural areas in the county. As Assemblymember Bigelow will testify, Imperial County is the largest producer of beef in the state."
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            "utterance": "We have the largest amount of cattle in that area for the purposes of our food supply, doubling the amount of people in the county. That's how many cattle they have for processing. But also, we have one of the most important agricultural areas in the state."
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            "utterance": "The Imperial County area and the Colorado River Delta, making up two countries, produce a large percentage of not only the state's food supply, but the world's food supply. Endangering that would create not only economic problems for our state, but also would drive up food prices worldwide."
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            "utterance": "These are not local issues and it's very frustrating to hear people talk about the Salton Sea as an Imperial Valley or Riverside County issue, it's not. As I mentioned, this dust can blow as far as Arizona, Mexico, San Diego County, LA County, Riverside County. It is, as I mentioned, a problem that we need to fix."
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            "utterance": "This bill will set us on a path to start making those improvements that will improve air quality and ensure that the sea becomes a sustainable sea into the future. And it's a good first step to start solving these problems that are way overdue. We started asking about Salton Sea sustainability in"
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            "utterance": "the 1980s and a very alarming, I mean, there was a red flag that was raised back then saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, we have a problem here. But nothing has really been done until very recently, really in the last 10 years or more so, the last seven years. So I feel that I have a really good partner in you, Mr. Chair, in working on this issue."
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            "speaker_first": "Ben",
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            "utterance": "And I really appreciate your attention to the sea with the park bond and in the water bond that we've worked on over the years and we have made progress. The water bond has allowed us to make progress. Creating the Salton Sea Authority"
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            "utterance": "has been a very important step. Creating and funding the plan that has led to this ten-year recommendation has been a very important step. But now we're ready to undertake improvements. Now we're ready to move forward and this is our plan to move forward with the State of California."
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            "utterance": "Move the bill."
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            "utterance": "Thank you, Senator. We have a motion and a second. I know you have some witnesses. Please proceed."
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            "utterance": "Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to Mr. Hueso for introducing this bill. It's an important bill that addresses ecological and human health issues in the Salton Sea. We have been working the Salton Sea for a few years now"
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            "utterance": "and we have started to see the ecological devastations that the exposed playa is having on over 200 species of birds, in addition to having just the ecological devastation impact coupled with the environmental health issues in the area. It's incredibly important for us to continue to address this issue and we strongly support this bill."
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            "utterance": "Thank you."
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            "utterance": "Good morning. Steve Cruz on behalf of the San Diego County Water Authority. Again, appreciate the Senator's work in calling needed attention to the Salton Sea."
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            "utterance": "It's not only one of the most important natural resources in the state, but it's also one of the most fragile. And so with his involvement, there has been, I would say, renewed effort by the state to put together a feasible plan to address the air quality and habitat issues and we stand with him and support his effort and hope the committee will move this bill today."
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            "utterance": "Richard Harmon on behalf of the County of Imperial, also known as ground zero when it comes to Salton Sea. We very much appreciate the efforts of the author and the chair on this issue, as always. The county remains focused on restoration of the sea, mitigation of the negative impacts on residents and wildlife, as well as development around the sea, including clean geothermal energy that benefits all the state."
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            "utterance": "So with that, the county couldn't ask for two better advocates on this issue and really appreciate the help and ask for your aye vote."
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            "utterance": "Morning, Mr. Chair and members. Wendy Ridderbusch with the Association of California Water Agencies, or ACWA. We're in strong support of the measure."
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            "utterance": "Good morning Chair and members, Che Salinas on behalf of Imperial Irrigation District. I'd like to thank the Senator and the Chairman for their leadership on this issue and support, thanks."
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            "utterance": "Good morning, Jaymee Go on behalf of the Environmental Defense Fund in support."
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            "utterance": "Good morning, Lucas Frerichs on behalf of the Nature Conservancy in strong support."
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            "utterance": "Anyone wishing to speak in opposition? Okay, seeing no one, any questions or comments, committee members? Assembly Member Mathis?"
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            "utterance": "I'd like to thank the Senator for your hard work. During spring break, I had the opportunity to go down and visit Coachella, but not for that reason, sort of the Salton Sea. You guys have a lot of good pepper crops and dates down there as well."
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            "utterance": "I've seen it with my own eyes and I literally have been down there. And everything you've discussed is pretty spot on. Got to learn a little bit of the history and the hydrology of the area and what actually causes the Salton Sea to be in the condition that it's in, so I will be supporting your bill today."
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            "utterance": "And seeing things with your own eyes is a very interesting way to look at things. Thank you."
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            "utterance": "Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it."
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            "utterance": "Doctor?"
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            "utterance": "Thank you, Chair. Now Senator Hueso, thank you for your detailed explanation. And I generally heard about the issues there at the Salton Sea. I wonder whether this bill will just require"
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            "utterance": "California Natural Resources Agency to develop and actually execute the plan for 10-year... plan. Or will it be just a planned development? Or whatever recommendations or plans developed will be implemented to improve the condition?"
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            "utterance": "The whole purpose to implement the plan The plan has funding for, it's a ten-year plan but we, so far, have only funded about three or four years. Funding is available for the first portion of that. And that gets to the next bill that I'm going to present that fully funds the plan."
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            "utterance": "But, initially, we have developed a restoration plan that pretty much deals with the exposed playa, that deals with the water quality level, that deals with keeping life sustained in the sea, that deals with water quality. The plan addresses all the most important parts of the quality of the sea."
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            "utterance": "The funding is something that will come in the next bill that I'm going to present. We can talk further about that when we get to details of the funding."
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            "utterance": "Thank you."
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            "utterance": "Assembly Member Salas."
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            "utterance": "Thank you, Senator. Well, maybe I'll just wait until your next bill."
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            "utterance": "I was just wondering about some of the funding mechanisms with the Department of Interior given that how the Salton Sea originated from the Colorado River and the reasons why we have the conditions that we have now. I don't know if you could describe for me the benefits of having the Salton Sea there."
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            "utterance": "It seems like every time I hear a legislator talk about it, it's always about issues with the Salton Sea and I don't see what the actual benefits are in what we're fixing."
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            "utterance": "Well, the sea has been there already for over a hundred years."
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            "utterance": "And in that time, largely, the sea hasn't really been managed. It has, they've transferred water into it, it's largely been classified as a sump, not a lake, so anything can be dumped into there that is a way around the Federal Water Quality Act. So, because of that, they can dump anything into the rivers, into the lake."
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            "utterance": "Any other questions or comments? Seeing none, Senator, thank you for your leadership on this. As you know, and those of you here on this committee, Salton Sea is home to me and to my family. And the state does have a major liability"
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            "utterance": "here as it results to the 2003 QSA agreement. And although the Federal Government has weighed in a bit in the past, in the range of maybe $30 million from the Department of Interior, or 7.9 from the Department of Ag, it certainly still isn't enough."
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            "utterance": "mitigate the air quality issues out in that area. And so we're talking about a sea that is much larger, which will bring forward greater liability, public health concerns, we talked about ag and the importance to the state as a whole."
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            "utterance": "So thank you for bringing this measure forward, certainly glad to be able to work with you and partner on this piece of legislation and I'll just give you the floor for your closing comments."
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            "utterance": "Thank you very much and you were right in mentioning Owens Valley has seen huge investments, but we have seen over $1 billion be spent Owens Valley and in this last rain event, all of them were pretty much destroyed. We can't follow the Owens Valley model. Already, enough playa is exposed around the Salton Sea that pretty much replicates the amount of land that's exposed by the Owens Valley. We have that today, right now."
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            "utterance": "I thank you for clarifying the clarification to the clarifying comment here."
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            "utterance": "Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing no other comments from our members, there is a motion and a second. Thank you Senator, I think we'll take that as your closing comments."
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