RBOC is urging boaters to contact their Senators and Assembly Members ASAP and urge them to vote “no” on the budget trailer bills [RN 15 16361 and RN 25 16003] that would expedite the processes associated with the Delta Conveyance Project to the detriment of environmental protection, public participation, due process, transparency and oversight.
RBOC agrees with the suggestion of the independent and nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, as well as individual legislators and other stakeholders who are urging the Legislature to defer these trailer bills so that they are not taken up within the budget development process.
The significant precedent-setting policies raised by the trailer bills, together with their potential implications for the recreational boating community and others, are more appropriately developed, deliberated and voted upon within the public, transparent policy committee process that applies to thousands of legislative measures introduced each year.
Boaters should take action today, as the Legislature is making decisions on the budget and related trailer bills this week.
1. Identify your Senator and Assembly Member: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
2. Visit their websites and identify the process to contact them [sometimes there is a form].
3. Contact them with a message such as the following:
As your constituent and a boater, I am urging a “no” vote on the budget trailer bills that would expedite the Delta Conveyance Project processes. The significant precedent-setting policies raised by the trailer bills, together with their potential implications for the recreational boating community and others, are more appropriately developed, deliberated and voted upon within the Legislature’s policy committee process. Thank you.4. Let us know you have taken action by emailing us at: info@rboc.org.