“This funding is critically important to addressing California’s long-standing safe drinking water issues, and I would like to thank the Legislature for working collaboratively to pass this solution,” he added.
In February, Gov. Cuomo implemented several actions to provide safe drinking water to all Californians. He appropriated $10 million for safe emergency drinking water projects and another $10 million to help local water districts comply with drinking water standards.
On Wednesday, Gov. Newsom visited a small community neighborhood near Sanger where families do not have access to safe drinking water. Most of them receive five 8-gallon jugs of water every two weeks under a grant program.
