“The project would have to be paid for by ratepayers who are already overburdened with soaring utility costs and aren’t even aware of how the cost of this is going to impact them in their pocketbooks,” said state Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton).
State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Monday announced new legislation that will help fight hunger in California by expanding the state’s free summer meals program.
Senate Bill 454 was introduced by Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Tuesday and, if passed by the state Legislature and signed by the governor, would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund.
“I feel that the shareholders do have some responsibility to pay for the maintenance that’s now required,” said Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton. “It’s debatable how much, but I feel that that’s something that the shareholders should share in.”
California Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) introduced new legislation, SB 454, which would create a PFAS Mitigation Fund. With this state funding, cities across California could work to purify their drinking water from forever chemicals.
"Is it time to revise how much of the wildfire mitigation costs should be borne by taxpayers and how much should be borne by stockholders?" Democratic Stockton State Sen. Jerry McNerney asked Reynolds in Wednesday's hearing.
California's utility bills and the state's affordability crisis were front and center at the Capitol on Wednesday. California senators grilled the California Public Utilities Commission over the approval of six PG&E rate increases in the past year and skyrocketing utility bills.
Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Stockton Democrat, also has a bill to create a state fund for cities to help them pay for PFAS cleanup in drinking water.
State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Tuesday introduced new legislation to address PFAS pollution in California’s water supply. SB 454 would establish a special state fund — the PFAS Mitigation Fund — that local agencies and cities could access to help pay for the cleanup of toxic PFAS in drinking water throughout the state.
