Oct 7, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
The Governor finished signing or vetoing all the bills on his desk by the September 30th deadline. In all, he signed 1,040 bills into law and vetoed 120. This week, Darcy and Darcy start this episode…
Esmeralda SoriaGuestDarcy VilleryHost
Darcy BurkeHost
I'm gonna save his last name to protect the innocent 'cause we're the guilty parties here, Darcy.

And if you recall when we were doing that episode, you were looking up on the fly where that bill was on the governor's desk.

This was about imported water that was recharged into groundwater, which makes a world of difference.

Now, I would argue as well, Tom, that the caveat in that bill was public health and safety.

So if the water purveyor thought that public health and safety were impaired, they didn't have to take the water.

And I'm sorry, anytime anything's gonna stop your equipment or your chlorinator or anything, I would argue that that would work, but I totally appreciate your position, and I also appreciate the Greater LA County Basin and their position lately on, uh, quag- on quaggas, golden zebras, or any other type of invasive mussel in their groundwater basin.

We should have got into the details if we were gonna talk that much in depth about it, and thank you for calling us out.

So I'm actually going to mail you a little something from the exchange contractors.

I'm gonna save his last name to protect the innocent 'cause we're the guilty parties here, Darcy.

And if you recall when we were doing that episode, you were looking up on the fly where that bill was on the governor's desk.

This was about imported water that was recharged into groundwater, which makes a world of difference.

Now, I would argue as well, Tom, that the caveat in that bill was public health and safety.

So if the water purveyor thought that public health and safety were impaired, they didn't have to take the water.

And I'm sorry, anytime anything's gonna stop your equipment or your chlorinator or anything, I would argue that that would work, but I totally appreciate your position, and I also appreciate the Greater LA County Basin and their position lately on, uh, quag- on quaggas, golden zebras, or any other type of invasive mussel in their groundwater basin.

We should have got into the details if we were gonna talk that much in depth about it, and thank you for calling us out.

So I'm actually going to mail you a little something from the exchange contractors.
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