8.3.2016 AB 2099 (Stone) – Safe Drinking Water Relief will not be moving further through the legislative process this year. While the Governor and the Legislature have reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that Californians have access to safe water through the ongoing drought, a coordinated effort is needed in order to ensure that the state is able to respond to low-income Californians’needs in a responsive and effective manner.
CFPA is already hard at work planning a renewed policy push to ensure that contaminated or inadequate drinking water does not exacerbate hunger and food insecurity for Californians in need. Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental right that no one should go without. Safe drinking water is the foundation of food security, and a critically vital resource for the health and wellbeing of families across California. CFPA remains confident that statewide policy can and should leverage the state’s electronic benefit transfer (EBT) technology to deliver a supplemental benefit to low-income households without safe drinking water in California – and we’re not alone!
More than 25 local and statewide water, anti-hunger, health, and education organizations have stood behind AB 2099. We’ll carry this momentum forward as we work to ensure that California families have access to safe water. Thank you for your support of AB 2099 and expect to hear more from us soon!
Learn more by visiting CFPA’s AB 2099 page.
Questions? Please contact Hector Gutierrez at 213.482.8200 ext 202 or hector@cfpa.net.
