A New Water Tax Might Be California’s Best Chance At Clean Water For All

At least 1 million Californians don’t have stable access to clean drinking water. That’s a shameful and unacceptable fact in this wealthy state. In his February State of the State address, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the safe drinking water crisis which is centered in lower-income communities ranging from the coasts to the Central Valley  “a moral disgrace and a medical emergency.”