Opinion Drinking Water Bill Would Hinder Public Health
In a Sacramento Bee opinion piece, Cindy Tuck -- deputy executive director for government relations for the Association of California Water Agencies -- and Bruce Pomer -- executive director of the Health Officers Association of California -- argue against a bill (AB 145), by Assembly member Henry Perea (D-Fresno), that "seeks to move the state's entire drinking water regulatory program away from the [Department of Public Health] to the State Water Resources Control Board, which has an important mission but is not a public health agency." They write that the bill is "well intended, but it reaches too far and would erode the drinking water program's critical focus on public health."
- "Viewpoints: A Better Approach to Drinking Water Issues" (Tuck/Pomer, Sacramento Bee, 6/27).