Will Newsom honor pledge for $220M to help Salton Sea? Doubts arise
Concerned that tens of millions of dollars promised to help address woes at the Salton Sea could vanish from this year’s state budget, a chorus of Riverside and Imperial County officials this week wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot politely demanding that the funding stay on track. … Residents in rural communities ringing the rapidly shrinking water body suffer disproportionately high asthma rates and other risks from dust released into the air as the shoreline grows.