From the Marin Voice about a week ago:
THE PEOPLE have spoken, and they want a say in whether to build a $400 million desalination plant in Marin.
The Coalition for the Public’s Right to Vote on Desalination has collected over 17,000 signatures in support of their initiative, which would require that the Marin Municipal Water District get a public vote before expending funds on a costly and questionable desalination plant.
The county Registrar of Voters is currently certifying the signatures, and if there are enough valid signatures, the measure will be on the November ballot.
Environmental and fiscal groups are united in support of this effort. The initiative was supported by the Marin Republicans and the Marin Democrats, as well as by the Surfrider Foundation and the Marin United Taxpayers Association.
Although the MMWD board members have voted unanimously to support the desal plant, they now have a chance to change course. They can issue a resolution stating that, before they start the building process and incur any further debt towards a desalination plant, they will put it to a public vote.
They can also vote to restart the Citizens Advisory Committee they have…
Or an article from the Contra Costa Times here.
Or the AP story in the San Francisco Chronicle here.
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