SACRAMENTO – Contaminated water has long plagued California’s Southern Central Valley, a region home to many farmworkers. SB 974, a bill by Senator Melissa Hurtado, seeks to provide safe drinking water by exempting small disadvantaged communities from certain CEQA provisions. This bill exempts drinking water projects benefiting public water systems, from CEQA review, that serve small disadvantaged communities and schools.  To read the full article click here.