Californians will soon be subject to a sharp rise in punitive fines for illegal diversions of water resources, after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law this weekend. Newsom on Sunday granted his approval to the AB 460 bill, which will raise potential fines for those who steal water from rivers to up to $10,000 daily. That's 20 times more than violators had to pay two years ago, when state officials charged $4,000 — about $50 per person — when a group of Siskiyou County ranchers diverted water from Shasta River, according to Cal Matters. "$50 per person is not precisely what I would call a deterrent," Analise Rivero, associate director of policy at the conservation group
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