Photo by Lezlie Sterling/ Sacramento Bee.
Bay Area Indymedia reports, “(On Sept. 25) Governor Jerry Brown signed historic legislation (AB 685) establishing a state policy that every Californian has a human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible drinking water. …By signing this bill into law, California becomes the first state in the nation to declare safe, clean, affordable and accessible water a human right. …(Former) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (had) vetoed a previous Human Right to Water Bill, bowing to powerful corporate agribusiness interests.”
“The Safe Water Alliance co-sponsored AB 685. This alliance includes the Alliance for Democracy, Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Clean Water Action, Community Water Center, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Food and Water Watch, Policy Link, San Jerardo Cooperative, Inc., Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Urban Semillas, Winnemem Wintu Tribe and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section.”
For our February 2011 blog on the fight for the right to water in California, please see http://canadians.org/blog/?p=5685.
“The basic human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water became part of state policy when Governor Brown signed AB 685. Thanks to all who have supported the Winnemem and all the other advocates for clean water in this fight!” – Caleen Sisk, Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe
