ACWA Releases 1999 Legislative Vote Record.Business & News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA ACWA Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA Administrative Careers With America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ACWA American Civil War Association ACWA American Clean Water Association ) has released its 1999 Legislative Vote Record Report -- A Look at How State Lawmakers Voted on Legislation Significant to ACWA Members. The report profiles the votes of all 120 members of the California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate. and Assembly during the 1999 legislative session. ACWA tracked more than 300 pieces of legislation for its members in 1999, on topics ranging from water transfers to safe drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. to bonds and local government. The report shows how often legislators' votes matched up with the ACWA position on a given bill. "Californians are concerned about water quality and water supply reliability, issues that are of critical importance to the association's 443-member cities and water districts," said Jess Senecal, chair of ACWA's state legislative committee. "The legislature has a direct affect on the ability of local agencies to provide a safe, clean, and reliable water supply to California agriculture, business and industry, and consumers. That's why ACWA believes Californians should be aware of how their legislators are voting on legislation of importance to the association." Legislators singled out for special recognition included Senators Kathy Wright (R - Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. ), David Kelley (R - Idyllwild) and Dick Monteith mon·teith n. A large punch bowl having a notched rim on which cups can be hung. [Possibly after Monteith (Monteigh), an eccentric 17th-century Scotsman who wore a cloak scalloped at the hem.] (R - Modesto), who each voted with ACWA on 17 out of 22 bills. In the state Assembly, members Jim Battin Jim Battin is the California State Senator for district 37 which includes Banning, Beaumont, Bermuda Dunes, Cabazon, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cherry Valley, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, East Hemet, El Cerrito, Hemet, Home Gardens, Homeland, Idyllwild, Indian Wells, California, La (R - La Quinta), Jim Cunneen (R - Cupertino), Charlene Zettel Charlene Zettel (née Gonzales) served in the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003. She stepped down with one term to go before term limits would have claimed her in order to run for the State Senate but lost that election to Dennis Hollingsworth who claimed 54% of the (R - Poway) and Lynne Leach Lynne C. Leach was a California State Assemblywoman from 1996 until 2002. A Republican, she represented the more conservative Bay Area suburbs in the East Bay. Prior to serving in the Assembly, Leach was a businesswoman with her own business, Applied Business Communications, Inc. (R - Walnut Creek) each backed the ACWA position on 16 out of 19 measures. "The state legislature must focus on the challenges facing this state in the area of water resources policy and infrastructure development to sustain our environment and a strong economy well into the next century," said Senecal. "We'd like to thank these legislators for helping put the focus on water and making this critical issue one of their top priorities." Earlier this month, ACWA awarded Assembly Member Mike Machado (D - Linden) and Senator Jim Costa (D - Fresno) with the association's Legislative Leadership Award. Given at ACWA's fall conference in San Diego, the award recognized the legislators' key role in putting the $1.97 billion Prop. 13 water bond on the March 2000 ballot. To view ACWA's 1999 Legislative Vote Report, go to www.acwanet.com and click on Legislation. ACWA is a statewide organization whose 443 members are responsible for about 90 percent of the water delivered in California. |
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