Posts with the category ‘Legislation’


CCKA’s 2024 Legislative Priorities

This legislative year is about building on our success from last year. CCKA introduced two new bills this year with Assemblymember Diane Papan, the new Chair of the Assembly Water… Read More…


CCKA’s Top 10 Achievements in 2023

California Coastkeeper Alliance has much to celebrate in 2023 – from nominating the first new marine water quality protections in 50 years, to successfully advocating for the nation’s first direct… Read More…


CCKA’s 2023 Legislative Wrap-Up

This legislative year was a big one. It began with uncertainty as thirty-four freshman legislators entered the halls of the Capitol alongside an agreement to change the Speaker of the… Read More…


California is Taking Important Steps Toward Water Affordability

For residential water users, cost is one of the only limiting factors for the amount of water you are allowed to use. Essentially, if you have the money, you can… Read More…


Governor Newsom: It’s Time California Invests Clean Water Funds Back to Communities of Color

It is long past due for California to invest resources back into our communities most harmed by water quality pollution – communities predominately of color. According to the state, Black,… Read More…


Who’s Not Paying Their Fair Share for Water?

Water utilities need to be prepared to meet the highest possible demand for water on any given day. This means that utilities are required to constantly invest in infrastructure like… Read More…


Our Highways Are Killing Salmon

For over 20 years, researchers in the Puget Sound area have seen a connection between stormwater running off highways and salmon deaths. Previously known as the “coho mortality phenomenon” or… Read More…


Conservation Before Crisis

Between 2012 – 2016 California endured one of the harshest droughts in the state’s history. Subsequently, 2017 was one of the wettest years on record, and between 2019-2023, the state… Read More…


Caulerpa: A Living Pollutant

Two hundred square meters of sea floor off the coast of Newport Bay have been infested with the green algae Caulerpa prolifera. Like other species of Caulerpa, California’s Department of… Read More…


The Gold Rush is Over – We Need to Modernize Our Water Rights System

California’s history is tied to the gold rush. It brought people to the state, was a driving factor in California’s admission into the United States, and set the foundation for… Read More…


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