SB 1256 is stalled in that it never came up for a vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee, which held the bill.

"The state Senate Natural Resorces and Water Committee approved the bill by Senator Denise Ducheny, to create the Salton Sea Restoration Council."

SAN FRANCISCO - After years of delays and deliberations regarding restoration of the Salton Sea, action may finally be taken. After the release of the California Resources Agency's Ecosystem Restoration Preferred Alternative, the Legislature wil soon decide whether to spend $47 million on initial consensus work on the plan. Implementing restoration plans now could prevent habitat loss for more than 400 species of birds and increasingly dangerous air quality effects.

LOS ANGELES - A new study released today issued a dire warning if no restoration efforts are launched to save the Salton Sea, as the state prepares to release a draft proposal next month outlining possible solutions to an environmental problem that has plagued California for decades.