Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3823 Oct 25-Nov 8 | Page 28

Oct 25 - Nov 8, 2019
VOL.38 • ISS. 23
Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill
Protecting Salmon, Endangered
Fish Species
A
ngering legislators and leaders of
California Indian Tribes, fishing
groups, environmental justice organiza-
tions and conservation groups, Governor
Gavin Newsom on September 28 vetoed
Senate Bill 1, the California Environ-
mental, Public Health, and Workers
Defense Act of 2019 that would defend
the Endangered Species Act and other
environmental laws against attacks by the
federal government.
The purpose of SB 1 is “ensuring that
protections afforded to Californians under
federal environmental and labor laws and
regulations as of January 2017, remain in
place in the event that President Trump
weakens or repeals any of those federal
laws or regulations. “
In Newsom’s veto message, he said he
disagrees with SB 1 proponents “about the
efficacy and necessity of Senate Bill 1.”
However, bill proponents responded that
the legislation was necessary to protect
salmon and the communities that depend
on these iconic fish for their livelihood.
“The governor lost a unique oppor-
tunity to defend California’s environ-
ment and families and communities that
depend on salmon to make a living,”
said John McManus, President of the
Golden Gate Salmon Association. “All
Californians who care about California
salmon, the environment and our native
wildlife have very heavy hearts with this
announcement.”
Senator Toni Atkins, the author of SB 1,
responded to the veto in a tweet:
“Disappointed #SB1 vetoed because
it would protect our environment and
working Californians. The federal gov’t
continues to roll back regulations while
#climatechange impacts roll on. I will
keep working with my colleagues and the
Governor to push back wherever possible.”
Regina Chichizola of Save California
Salmon said her organization was “very
disappointed in the governor’s lack of a
backbone when it comes to fighting the
Trump administration’s environmental
rollback.”
“He has once again favored corporate
agriculture interests over Californians
that rely on healthy fisheries, clean
drinking water and labor protections,” said
Chichizola. “It is particularly disappointing
he vetoed this bill on California Native
American Day just days after being asked
by Tribes to sign SB1. We urge the governor
to change course when it comes to water.
“The fact is it was predicted that the
Central Valley’s water will be too polluted
to be usable and half of California’s fish
species will be gone within 50 years without
action. This was before the Trump environ-
mental rollbacks. We do not have time to
wait for Voluntary Water Agreements that
are controlled by corporate interests,” she
concluded.
Mary Creasman, CEO of the California
League of Conservation Voters (CLCV),
issued a statement responding to the Gover-
nor’s veto of SB 1 that accused Newsom
of “siding with Trump and corporations
over California’s families and wildlife” and
noting that the Governor is “sending a clear
message that California’s values are up for
grabs.” Creasman stated:
“Governor Newsom failed California
families today. His veto on SB 1 shows
that we are still lacking the leadership and
political will to meet this moment, when
California is supposed to be leading the fight
against climate change.
This veto is about the poorest signal he
could send just one week after the largest
climate demonstration in history, in which
thousands of young Californians rose up
to voice their uncompromising and urgent
call to action. They couldn’t have been
more clear in their demands — many of
these young people and their families are
struggling to breathe, or don’t have access
to safe water. They need their Governor to
continue California’s leadership and protect
their communities from federal attacks,
not engage in false decisions between the
economy and the environment that put us all
at risk.”
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive
director of Restore the Delta, said she was
“deeply disappointed” by Newsom’s veto.
“On behalf of our members throughout
the state, we are deeply disappointed that
Governor Newsom vetoed SB1, and we are
now skeptical that the voluntary settlement
agreements will be better for the Delta than
the Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan. How
could we ever trust protective operations of
a Delta tunnel.”
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Governor Newsom
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“Trump’s policies to destroy the salmon
every tool at the state’s disposal to
will also destroy us,” Chief Sisk wrote.
safeguard our natural resources, environ-
mental protections and workers. No other “They are a modern iteration of the
‘depredation and prejudicial policies’ of
state has fought harder to defeat Trump’s
genocide that Gov. Newsom pledged to
environmental policies, and that will
remedy. For the sake of the salmon, for
continue to be the case.
the sake of my people and for the sake of
While I disagree about the efficacy and
necessity of Senate Bill 1, I look forward the people of California, Gov. Newsom
must sign SB 1.”
to working with the Legislature in our
On September 18, Chief Sisk presented
shared fight against the weakening of
a letter to the office of California
California’s environmental and worker
Governor Gavin Newsom, urging
protections.”
Newsom to sign—and not veto—SB 1.
It is no surprise that Newsom vetoed
Chief Sisk led the two-week
the bill, since the total contributions
Run4Salmon to restore habitat for
from agriculture in his 2018 campaign
Chinook salmon and protect water quality.
for Governor were $637,398. Newsom
For details, go to Run4Salmon.org.
received $58,400 from Beverly Hills
“Vetoing this bill will in essence green-
agribusiness tycoon Stewart Resnick,
light President Trump’s plan to divert even
$58,400 from Lynda Resnick and
more water from our struggling rivers for
$58,400 from E.J. Gallo.
industrial agriculture,” wrote Sisk. “Many
Agribusiness tycoons are among the
well-respected fish biologists and envi-
most strident supporters of the voluntary
ronmentalists have concluded Trump’s
agreements and the Delta Tunnel — and
attempt to ignore the best science and
are among the strongest proponents of
rewrite the rules for operating the Central
attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a
Valley Project and State Water Project
landmark federal environmental law that
will essentially be an ‘extinction plan’
SB 1 would have protected. For more
for Chinook salmon and other threatened
information on SB 1, go to: https://www.
fish.”
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