The State - News from Aug. 20, 1986
A bill that would prohibit development of dams, reservoirs or water impoundment facilities until 1990 on certain streams of the McCloud River, the East Fork of the Carson River and the West Walker River was passed by the Assembly 42 to 23 and sent to the governor. The bill by Assemblyman Byron D. Sher (D-Palo Alto) was called by Assemblyman Larry Stirling (R-San Diego) “an attempt to deprive the people of Southern California of half their water supply.” The measure requires the secretary of resources to study the suitability of protecting the streams as part of the state’s wild and scenic river system.
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