March 25, 2015 - Sacramento - Senator Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte) issued the following statement in response to his opposition to Assembly Bill 92, part of the drought legislation passed today:
“While there is some good news in these drought bills – some help for the drought stricken Central Valley – AB 92 has enough bad news to make it unsupportable by folks who represent those most affected by the drought. That is pretty telling when the bill purports to help agricultural in Northern and Central Valley communities.
Once again the Legislature continually uses a crisis to expand the authority of government. This time we are giving the Department of Fish and Wildlife unchecked authority to be judge, jury and executioner on water diversions. Turning Fish and Wildlife into water cops is a dangerous policy.”
