Petition
To: All board members of the State of California Water Board, State Senator Mike McGuire, Assembly Woman, Cecellia Aguiar-Curry , Governor Gavin Newsom.
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We the undersigned, namely lot owners of Hidden Valley Lake, California, and associated local community, interested parties, which by directive of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), have been placed under an unwarranted and unfair water meter moratorium , hereby ask that the said moratorium be lifted immediately.
Since our community water district (CSD) has complied with all issues raised by the SWRCB regarding water quality , and since there has never been a shortage of water or evidence or complaint of (CSD) initiating a water shortage to downstream users in over fifty years of operation, including severe drought years, we consider the said moratorium unwarranted and unfair. The aquafer, from which we pull water, has always been full.
Further the moratorium has basically caused our property not only to be near worthless but a liability, since we must continue to pay our HOA assessments on this property.
This moratorium is against the basic constitutional rights of US citizens in that our community is considered guilty of causing shortage of water to downstream users, until we prove our innocence. The SWRCB has presented no evidence of harm to other water users or to the State of California created by our meager use of water. If our lots were to be developed the water required to service the additional dwellings would be a pittance compared to the water users downstream and to the State of California.
This moratorium by making our lots unusable for the legal right for which they were intended an has deprived us of their value, without compensation, and therefore is in violation of the essence of the Eminent Doman laws of the State of California.
Further the moratorium has put additional financial stress on our HOA and adjacent communities which have been ravaged by wild fires for the last five years. Property affected by the moratorium makes it unavailable to people wanting to move here. New residents would provide needed assessment fees to our HOA, and tax dollars to the county of Lake.
Lift this unfair moratorium now.
Updates
May 8, 2019
Reaching this milestone feels heavy given how long we have been fighting this exhausting battle for our property rights. It is clear that we are not the only ones who see the injustice of this moratorium and that realization keeps me going.
Reached 100 supporters
May 8, 2019
92 Comments
Please lift the moratorium. Our lots are worthless because of the moratorium. We cannot sell them nor can we build on them because the water district cannot issue a water meter for them. Yet we must continue to pay thousands of dollars each and every year for property taxes, weed clearing, and HOA dues.
Housing in Hidden Valley Lake is cheaply priced compared to most of the State. With the State in a housing crisis, lifting this moratorium would allow for a considerable amount of reasonably priced housing to be built.
we in Lake County are requesting the lifting of the moratorium. It doesn't make sense to limit our water in the County that suffers the most from wildfires. We deserve the right to build on our properties and improve them. We are held hostage.
UBL0313050 This property was an opportunity for my family to build a new house that is affordable in the bay area. The moratorium has eliminated that possibility.
I am wondering the ultimate goal in maintaining a water moratorium on legally owned properties in an area that is no longer subject to drought and restricting those with a legal right to their property development. WHY? what is the end game on this?
This is highway robbery! Our State continues to suffer from the stupidity and laziness of bureaucrats. LIFT THIS RIDICULOUS MORATORIUM NOW! Tired of paying assessments and taxes on “worthless dirt” as defined by some genius in Sacramento.
Do we just pay, pay, pay without any representation, a say, or due process?
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Petition
To: All board members of the State of California Water Board, State Senator Mike McGuire, Assembly Woman, Cecellia Aguiar-Curry , Governor Gavin Newsom.
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We the undersigned, namely lot owners of Hidden Valley Lake, California, and associated local community, interested parties, which by directive of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), have been placed under an unwarranted and unfair water meter moratorium , hereby ask that the said moratorium be lifted immediately.
Since our community water district (CSD) has complied with all issues raised by the SWRCB regarding water quality , and since there has never been a shortage of water or evidence or complaint of (CSD) initiating a water shortage to downstream users in over fifty years of operation, including severe drought years, we consider the said moratorium unwarranted and unfair. The aquafer, from which we pull water, has always been full.
Further the moratorium has basically caused our property not only to be near worthless but a liability, since we must continue to pay our HOA assessments on this property.
This moratorium is against the basic constitutional rights of US citizens in that our community is considered guilty of causing shortage of water to downstream users, until we prove our innocence. The SWRCB has presented no evidence of harm to other water users or to the State of California created by our meager use of water. If our lots were to be developed the water required to service the additional dwellings would be a pittance compared to the water users downstream and to the State of California.
This moratorium by making our lots unusable for the legal right for which they were intended an has deprived us of their value, without compensation, and therefore is in violation of the essence of the Eminent Doman laws of the State of California.
Further the moratorium has put additional financial stress on our HOA and adjacent communities which have been ravaged by wild fires for the last five years. Property affected by the moratorium makes it unavailable to people wanting to move here. New residents would provide needed assessment fees to our HOA, and tax dollars to the county of Lake.
Lift this unfair moratorium now.
Updates
May 8, 2019
Reaching this milestone feels heavy given how long we have been fighting this exhausting battle for our property rights. It is clear that we are not the only ones who see the injustice of this moratorium and that realization keeps me going.
Reached 100 supporters
May 8, 2019
92 Comments
I am the Vice President of the Hidden Valley Lake Association and I can attest to the burden this moratorium has placed not only on the property owners but on the financial health of the community as a whole. Please end this injustice.
Please lift the moratorium. Our lots are worthless because of the moratorium. We cannot sell them nor can we build on them because the water district cannot issue a water meter for them. Yet we must continue to pay thousands of dollars each and every year for property taxes, weed clearing, and HOA dues.
Housing in Hidden Valley Lake is cheaply priced compared to most of the State. With the State in a housing crisis, lifting this moratorium would allow for a considerable amount of reasonably priced housing to be built.
we in Lake County are requesting the lifting of the moratorium. It doesn't make sense to limit our water in the County that suffers the most from wildfires. We deserve the right to build on our properties and improve them. We are held hostage.
UBL0313050 This property was an opportunity for my family to build a new house that is affordable in the bay area. The moratorium has eliminated that possibility.
I am wondering the ultimate goal in maintaining a water moratorium on legally owned properties in an area that is no longer subject to drought and restricting those with a legal right to their property development. WHY? what is the end game on this?
This is highway robbery! Our State continues to suffer from the stupidity and laziness of bureaucrats. LIFT THIS RIDICULOUS MORATORIUM NOW! Tired of paying assessments and taxes on “worthless dirt” as defined by some genius in Sacramento.
Do we just pay, pay, pay without any representation, a say, or due process?
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I am the Vice President of the Hidden Valley Lake Association and I can attest to the burden this moratorium has placed not only on the property owners but on the financial health of the community as a whole. Please end this injustice.