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(State Funds for the Salton Sea)….It will be discussed and explained Friday.

A press conference will be held in the County Board of Supervisors chambers. Participating will be State Senator Ben Hueso, Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, Bruce Wilcox, Assistant Secretary of Salton Sea Policy, California Natural Resources Agency, Phillip Johnson, and Assistant Executive Director of the Salton Sea Authority. They will discuss the regional impacts of State funding recently allocated to the Salton Sea. Topics will include Proposition 68, the approved Bond Measure that includes $200 million for Salton Sea projects, as well as the State Budget allocation of $30 million to the State Department of Water Resources for 1,000 acres of new habitat construction at the Salton Sea. It will start at 10:00 am Friday.

 

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