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Governor Gavin signed a historic water bill into law on Wednesday morning, and he chose to sign it in a rural community outside Fresno. Newsom was joined by local residents, environmental advocates, and legislators as he signed Senate Bill 200, which creates a long-term fund to support the more than 300 California communities that lack safe drinking water. “The idea that we’re living in a state with a million people that don’t have access to clean, safe, affordable drinking water is a disgrace,” Newsom said during the event. The recent state budget already funded The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund for one year, and SB 200 guarantees $ 130 million annually for a decade. Funds will be awarded in the form of grants to communities seeking to drill new drinking water wells or install water treatment systems , but also provides assistance to those communities who have fallen through gaps in other public funding sources—including those who’ve installed these systems, but due to small
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