Blog Topic #6

California State Legsilature Preserving State Values

Ever since the 2016 presidential elections, California has continuously preserved state values while fighting against the Trump administration. For example, California is known to have some of the strongest environmental laws in the nation. Even now, California is fighting federal efforts to roll back environmental regulations. While fighting these regulations, California has argued that federal irrigations projects must comply with state laws due to the 1902 Reclamation Act. Also, the Trump administration is taking actions that aim against wetlands protections by making changes to the Clean Water Act; however, California’s State Water Board argues that this is unacceptable and are creating stricter regulations to surpass the federal actions. Moreover, California clearly has reason to fight against the federal when it comes to environmental values, for California's Sacromento-San Joaquin Delta is one of the biggest forms of irrigation to California's Bay Are and centeral valley. Furthermore, California's environmental policies are determined to protect the endangered fish within this delta. 

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