The agreement includes General Fund funding as a backstop if 5% of the GGRF is less than $130 million in any year. In the first year, Fiscal Year 2019-’20, the safe drinking water funding solution will be funded with $100 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and $30 million from the General Fund.Īfter the first year, the funding will be 5% of the GGRF continuously appropriated – capped at $130 million per year.
The State Budget provides $130 million for Fiscal Year 2019-’20 for safe drinking water solutions in disadvantaged communities that do not have access to safe drinking water.
The governor’s signing of SB 200 follows the June 27 enactment of the 2019-’20 State Budget, which sets forth the first part of the funding solution. The California Legislature had previously passed the bill in early July 2019. Gavin Newsom signed SB 200 (Monning) into law, creating the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, which provides the legal structure and process for funding safe drinking water solutions for disadvantaged communities in California that currently do not have that access.