Community Water Center

What the state water board found is that there is $1 Billion in water debt affecting nearly five million Californians, that’s shocking, said CWC’s Jonathan Nelson in report by Catalina Villegas with Spectrum News 1 SoCal. CA needs #SB222 and #SB223 to provide families relief!

HAPPENING NOW: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review subcommittee 2 is taking up funding for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA's) to implement SGMA. No matter what, California Department of Water Resources must ensure that GSA’s plans engage community members and protect water for vulnerable populations. TUNE IN: https://senate.ca.gov/calendar

The basic human right of safe drinking water should not be determined by your address. Yet while East Orosi families are fighting for a consolidation so they can access clean water, Orosi PUD has spent years stalling the progress. Read the story by Vivian Ho at The Guardian.

Welcome to one of our newest team members! Bryan Osorio joined our Visalia team in February as our new Community Solutions Advocate. We’re excited to have him aboard! You can read more about Bryan at https://www.communitywatercenter.org/staff

LISTEN: CWC Co-Founder and Executive Director Susana De Anda discusses the reality that low-income families and communities of color still face in the struggle for safe, clean, and affordable water, along with Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath, and Michael Claiborne, Directing Attorney of Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. https://spoti.fi/3ktfzPz

Water is a human right. We need a fund to help people pay their water bills and avoid shutoffs, write Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Debbie Dingell. #KeepTheWaterFlowing

Welcome to one of our newest team members! Erick Orellana joined our Sacramento team in January as our new Policy Advocate. We’re excited to have him aboard! You can read more about Erick at https://www.communitywatercenter.org/staff

Thank you Senator Lena A. Gonzalez for your leadership on access to safe and affordable drinking water. Hundreds of water systems that serve communities of color are at risk of failure. #SB403 will help avoid water quality problems and system failures BEFORE they happen.

Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) need more guidance on addressing community drinking water concerns during #SGMA implementation, said CWC's Jonathan Nelson today at a SGMA briefing hosted by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and Senator Henry Stern. .

FEB. 11, 2 PM: Join @AsmEGarciaAD56 @SenHenryStern with @cwaterc & more for a briefing on the current state of #SGMA from the perspective of community & environmental stakeholders. Register here: https://bit.ly/3aNO0fu Water Foundation National Audubon Society Union of Concerned Scientists The Nature Conservancy

The State Water Board ordered a MANDATORY water solution for the SJV community of East Orosi, bringing promise of clean water after 10 years! I am happy to see this sign of progress & that we will accomplish what we’ve been hoping for, said Benedicto Cazares from East Orosi, pictured in the center. This is an important step forward for water justice in CA! Read more https://bit.ly/2HJ0MRy

We are hiring a Community Solutions Advocate at our Visalia office! Join our team to bring community-driven change to California. Details: https://bit.ly/3iHmWQZ Estamos contratando un/a Asesor/a de Soluciones Comunitarias en la oficina de Visalia! Únete a nuestro equipo para hacer un cambio en California impulsado por la comunidad. Detalles: https://bit.ly/3iHmWQZ

Listen as CWC Community Organizer Mayra Hernandez discusses the impact of water contamination to our communities on KSQD 90.7 FM Community Radio

These (groundwater sustainability) plans don't have enough data on how communities will be impacted, which is dangerous. It's like driving blind and hoping nothing bad happens." - Justine Massey, policy advocate, Community Water Center. #SGMA implementation must protect water for vulnerable communities.

What is the value of water in your life? Imagine a day without water #ValueWater https://imagineadaywithoutwater.org

This looks like the first year of a drought, said Jay Lund, director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. CA must ensure that vulnerable communities don't lose access to safe water when the next drought hits.

California Department of Water Resources should reject plans that do not adequately protect water for low-income families and communities of color.

Today is the LAST DAY to register ONLINE. Go to registertovote.ca.gov and be sure to vote on election day! ------------ Hoy es el ÚLTIMO DÍA para registrarse EN LÍNEA. ¡Vaya a registertovote.ca.gov y asegúrese de votar!

Central Valley voters! Find out where to vote or drop off your ballot! #CentralValleyUnitedForPower The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) 99Rootz Dolores Huerta Foundation Faith in the Valley Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability Californians for Justice (www.caljustice.org)

What's going to happen when people can't pay their water bills? Those water bills are going to come due. Not only is there no plan for what to do about that crisis of water debt and potential mass water shutoffs next year, but we don't even know the full scope of the problem. Jonathan Nelson, CWC policy director.

Contamination was found in the water at a west Fresno community center.

Meet Mayra Hernandez, Community Organizer with CWC. Mayra is a strong believer that La Union Hace La Fuerza! Learn more about what she has to share about the Regional Bottle Water Program for Central Coast Households! "Programs like this are important because it drastically helps low-income communities that are impacted by unsafe drinking water. This program provides an immediate source of safe drinking water, which takes the burden off of the community members who would us...ually have to drive in to town to get safe drinking water. Not only do they use this water to drink, but to cook and to brush their teeth because that's how unsafe their well water is. This program helps communities work towards finding long-term solutions because bottled water is only an emergency solution." #Water #agua #WaterIsLife #aguaesvida #santacruz #sanbenito #monterey