Under existing law, the City and County of San Francisco operates the Hetch Hetchy Project as a regional water system, supplying water to persons and entities in San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Existing law, the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority Act, creates the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority, composed as prescribed. The act authorizes the authority to issue revenue bonds until December 31, 2020, as specified, to improve the reliability of the regional water system and requires the bond proceeds to be made available upon terms and conditions that include the City and County of San Francisco entering into contracts with the authority that, among other things, require the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the authority, to impose a surcharge to generate revenue to pay the debt service on the revenue bonds issued by the authority and the operating expenses of the authority, as specified. The act requires the authority to dissolve upon the repayment of all revenue bonds issued by the authority and the satisfaction of all other debts and obligations of the authority.
California SB 699 (20192020) — San Francisco Bay Area regional water system.
Under existing law, the City and County of San Francisco operates the Hetch Hetchy Project as a regional water system, supplying water to persons and entities in San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Existing law, the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority Act, creates the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority, composed as prescribed. The act authorizes the authority to issue revenue bonds until December 31, 2020, as specified, to improve the reliability of the regional water system and requires the bond proceeds to be made available upon terms and conditions that include the City and County of San Francisco entering into contracts with the authority that, among other things, require the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the authority, to impose a surcharge to generate revenue to pay the debt service on the revenue bonds issued by the authority and the operating expenses of the authority, as specified. The act requires the authority to dissolve upon the repayment of all revenue bonds issued by the authority and the satisfaction of all other debts and obligations of the authority.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 699 Hill Senate Third Reading By Berman — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2019-04-04 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 846.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1034.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1159.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-03 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2757.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-20 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37d6afa4-b343-4afb-8998-5f4509779fb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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