Hands Off Our Water: Say NO to SB625

Senate Bill 625 is an effort to circumvent a court hearing scheduled for July 23, 2020 which will determine whether 4 members of the Central Basin Board are a majority to take action. Oppose Senate Bill 625 because:

 Makes numerous lies and misrepresentations about the status of Central Basin
 Violates all notice rules and due process
 SB625 was introduced 13 days ago without input from the community
 Disenfranchises over 2 million voters in Southeast Los Angeles wiping out a democratically elected board
 Cancels an election
 Violates the very law that created Central Basin by way of a ballot election from its electorate
 Eliminates a majority Latino elected water board in a time where there is a need for more Latino representation in this industry
 Violates civil rights
 Violates voting rights
 Unconstitutional
 Public was locked out of hearings
 Threatens other Metropolitan Water District of Southern Ca member agencies
 There was no notice to the community
 Plan to give away approx. $100 million in public assets to secret private water interest
 Bill was amended without public discussion
 Cancels the election scheduled for November 2020
 Eliminates Central Basin’s representation on the Metropolitan Water District
 Water rates will increase
 Bill was introduced on May 26, 2020 and is a gut and amend meant to deceive the citizens of our District with false statements
 This is not a Covid-19 bill and should not be heard without community input
 The issued identified in the 2015 Ca Audit are dated and have been fixed
 5 elections have occurred since the 2015 state audit and this is a completely different board