Up to half a million people in hundreds of poor communities throughout California are forced to drink unhealthy contaminated water or buy bottled water despite low income. In response, activists and residents in affected areas are backing a bill that would impose a state tax on the use of water. Legislators are scheduled to discuss the bill this summer. The legendary farmworker leader Dolores Huerta, one of the architects of this citizens’ initiative, spoke with Radio Bilingüe’s Samuel Orozco on the program Línea Abierta.
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