Michael Claiborne

Directing Attorney @LCJandA working on access to safe and affordable drinking water (and wastewater infrastructure!) (he, him)

[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

@WCPartners @LC_ACT @LCJandA @GavinNewsom @SenBillDodd @CWaterC @cleanh2oca @CAgovernor Give me a call when you have a minute Adan. We have a different understanding of the funding source.

[Leadership Counsel Action @LC_ACT]

.@GavinNewsom has signed #SB3, championed by @SenBillDodd! 💥

This new law will benefit thousands of low-income Californians relying on small water systems for their drinking water — furthering the state's commitment to ensuring water as a human right.

#CAwater #CaLeg

[CommunityWaterCenter @CWaterC]

.@CAgovernor, sign #SB3! #KeepTheWaterFlowing

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

BREAKING: Two important bills are on their way to Governor @GavinNewsom for signature! 1/4

[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

@Sorenenelson An irritating, incorrect, and frequently repeated claim.

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

“For the folks whose wells have been dry since 2020, this unfortunately doesn’t mean much for them,” Policy Coordinator Nataly Escobedo Garcia said. “Some of our worries with celebrating a wet year a little too much is false confidence about where our aquifers are actually at.”

[Greg Pierce @gregspierce]

Prop 218 is an enormous equity obstacle, part 3,491

[Water Justice LA @WaterJusticeLA]

Archaic propositions like Prop 26 and 218 are getting in the way of us having equitable water rates. Everyone deserves access to water and power!
https://t.co/MJwxynjorp

[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

Even more reason to eliminate over-application of nitrogen (manure and synthetic fertilizer) to cropland as quickly as possible. There's a connection between nitrate and uranium in groundwater.

[E. Joaquin Esquivel @ejesquivel]

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[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

@AshleyEWerner @FresnoCountyCA @LCJandA Shameful.

[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

This is really cool work - "But if you send customers bills they can afford given their household income, they’re much more likely to pay those bills on time, in full, and voluntarily (i.e., without the utility expending resources to collect unpaid bills)."

[Larry Levine @llevine_nrdc]

Water utilities worry about covering their costs—and so do their customers. There’s a new tool for utilities to evaluate how helping low-income customers afford their bills can help the utility’s bottom line. Check out my blog below and download the tool! https://t.co/hu2rM028Q4

[Senator Bill Dodd @SenBillDodd]

Today’s vote is a step toward ensuring the tap does not get turned off just because someone falls behind on their bills.

Because access to #water is a fundamental right.

@LCJandA #SB3
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[sasan @sasan_saadat]

It will be disastrous if this happens at the federal level, but outrageously, it's already the norm in California.

The LCFS pays *more* to make hydrogen with fossil fuels - as long as you buy methane offsets from CAFOs - than it does for hydrogen made from 100% solar + storage.

[sasan @sasan_saadat]

California has long acknowledged the consensus that electrifying transportation is the key to our climate and air pollution goals.

So why - amidst this challenging budget environment - is the State's LCFS program instead funneling billions toward this known climate disaster?

[Dr. Pablo @PabloWater]

We need water meters in virtually every agricultural well in California. "Well metering is a key step toward generating shared data, but it is generally met with resistance." writes Casey Walsh https://t.co/sSYOt3DYUB

[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

And thanks to @BenAllenCA @CarolineMenjiv3 @SenGonzalez33 and @Skinner4Senate for voting aye in committee!

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

BREAKING: #AB664 just made it out of the Sen. Environmental Quality Committee.

The bill would ensure renters served by failing private wells are not left behind when the state funds drinking water solutions.

Thank you @alex_lee for advancing the #HumanRightToWater for all!

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

A huge thank you to our community partners, without whom none of this work would be possible.

It takes a powerful, resilient, and diverse movement to change a powerful, harmful, and entrenched status quo. ✊

We're proud to be part of that movement.

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[Michael Claiborne @MikeKClaiborne]

@CoryCopelandH2O Are people not obsessed with trains? Possible that hanging out with my 6 year old has skewed my perspective.

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

Great news! #SB3 ensures communities served by small water systems are protected from unjust water shutoffs.

Thank you @SenBillDodd for championing this bill that #KeepsTheWaterFlowing for families across the state!