Santa Barbara County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
• Agency Response
Response to:
SYRWC1
City of Santa Maria*
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
F1
No single entity has decision or enforcement power within Santa Barbara County to lead regional planning. City Response: The City agrees with the finding. Water supply is managed in the State of California by local agencies with mandates of reasonable use and the public trust regulated by the State of California, court decrees, and Federal law. Local agencies have the frontline responsibility for serving customers, complying with water quality regulations, and raising revenues to cover the operations, maintenance, and capital investments needed to support these efforts. Wholesale utilities sell water to local water agencies, such as the City of Santa Maria, which act as retail utilities delivering water to customers and oversee adjudicated and specially managed groundwater basins. The above concludes the City's response to the Grand Jury's Managing Regional Water Supplies. The City respectfully submits this response to the Grand Jury and thanks the members of the Grand Jury for their service to the community. alice M. Latino ALICE M. PATINO Mayor
No recommendations for this finding
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