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Agua Dulce Town Council members are holding a public meeting to discuss private property and water rights next month.
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On March 2, residents of Agua Dulce and the surrounding areas will have the opportunity to voice their concerns about SB 1263, which prohibits the use of hauled water for new residential construction.
“That bill infringes on property rights by limiting property owners’ ability to build on land relying on hauled water — ultimately rendering their land worthless,” said the Agua Dulce Town Council in a statement.
SB 1263 expanded the permit process for private water sources entering the public water supply. The goal of the bill is to ensure a safe source of water, according to the bill’s author.
“The vast majority of these systems provide a reliable supply of safe drinking water,” according to the bill. “There are hundreds of smaller public water systems that consistently fail to provide a reliable supply of safe drinking water.”
The concern from Agua Dulce residents comes from one of the last paragraphs in the bill that prohibits the use of hauled water for new residential construction.
“This bill will prohibit construction of single family homes,” said the council, “where it is not possible to connect to a nearby water system and where access to groundwater is cost-prohibitive or impossible.”
The meeting will include guest speakers Damien M. Schiff and Jeremy Talcott, attorneys-at-law with the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF).
The PLF, a national non-profit firm, is examining the prospect of challenging the bill in the California court system.
“The rights of property owners are under assault — the only defence, is a legal offence,” said the town council in a statement. “We cannot fight the county and state as individuals, but we can working as a community.”
The public meeting is scheduled for March 2, 2017 from 7-9 p.m. at High Desert Middle School, located at 3620 Antelope Woods Rd. in Acton.
More government intrusion into private property and private citizens’ rights. That’s what happens when too many people vote Democrat….
Mark,
What an ignorant comment. I’m sure one political party put a water bill out to hurt the other. They must have taken a poll and found that there were more republican’s having water hauled in than democrats so let’s go keep the water from those damn republicans. Let’s keep calling names and casting blame.
Greg,
We have been dominated by Democrats in State government for quite some time now and the laws and regulations keep on coming. I didn’t say the Democrats are trying to make laws to aggravate Republicans. They are making laws that infringe on the lives of people of all parties and on private property rights of people of all parties.
One good thing is that it will prevent big developers from constructing alot of new single family homes. I live in Canyon Country , I moved out there to get away from overcrowding, crime and traffic congestion. Well guess what, it’s happening in Camyon Country so be glad that this bill.could prevent or deter a lot of new single family homes from being constructed.in Agua Dulce
The water in these developments is not safe to drink. That is the purpose of the law. Not to infringe on rights, but to provide safe drinking water to the people purchasing the homes.