About Town Redondo: Chamber Awards coming, water rights bill, correction
Governor signs Ben Allen water rights bill Legislation co-authored by State Senator Ben Allen was signed into law Oct. 8, to make it so certain water rights claims may be verified by the State Water Resources Control Board. Before this, senior water rights were exempt from the same level of scrutiny given to junior rights, which are subject to the Water Board’s permits. “This law takes a long-overdue step towards ensuring effective operation of our water rights system by certifying the Board’s authority to enforce state law regardless of the age of a claimed water right,” Allen said in a statement. California has previously operated on a “First-in-Time, First-in-Right” principle, which supporters of the bill say has created problems for the Water Board to manage water use, given the need to prioritize and account for senior water rights claims which may be inaccurate, inflated or against the law. The new law (State Bill 389) gives the Water Board the power to investigate individual water rights claims and enforce against illegal diversion. Allen represents California’s 24th State Senate District, from Hollywood to the South Bay. 116th Redondo Chamber awards coming The Redondo…
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