Update on the Town Hall Meeting About the Proposed Tuscan Water District
Channel: Stand Up For Chico
Date: 2021-08-25

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 + 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Town Hall was well attended, with hundreds of people participating in-person and on Zoom. Key takeaways:

✅  𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫
77 property owners control over 50% of the acreage. The structure of this plan gives landowners one vote per acre. The largest property owner, a corporation based in Salt Lake City, controls 11,817 acres. This means 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟏,𝟖𝟏𝟕 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬. 

✅  𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭 
Decisions will take place in secrecy. According to their own documents, one of the stated objectives is "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜." The structure of the district means it will not be covered by the Brown Act, so there will be no opportunity to attend meetings, give public input, or even know what has gone on or been decided.

✅  𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲: 𝟏% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬
about how the aquifer is managed and used. The richest landowners, many of whom don't even live in the North State, will have near total control of the aquifer, a public resource on which we all depend.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛. 

✅  TAKE ACTION: The most important thing we can do right now is contact the decision makers. Follow this link for a list of the organizations and individuals to contact. https://www.buttewaterwatch.org/voices-against-tuscan-water-district

✅  If you'd like to review the slides from last night's meeting, you can find them here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6120801add736a362325879a/t/6125eb30eb25bd505e0b3611/1629874998347/Tuscan+Town+Hall+final+20210824+slides.pdf

✅  Finally, tune into The Real Issue on KZFR Radio 90.1FM from 6-7PM tonight, 8/25/21, to hear Sue Hildebrand interview Jim McCabe, one of last nights speakers, and Jim Brobeck from Aqua Alliance about this issue. 




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