Not only are the water boards picking the taxpayers’ pockets to make big companies richer, they are using money that is supposed to be used to clean up the environment to do it, wasting limited dollars on unnecessary projects that benefit no one but big business and pals. In the battle of public interest versus big business-big government, the people are losing big-time. Here’s how, where, and some indicators why...

If you have lived in Los Osos for at least the past five years, the following account may echo with a darkly familiar ring: “Hundreds attended Thursday’s 10-hour hearing, which included passionate testimonies for or against the septic ban from environmental group leaders, surfers, Los Angeles County officials, local developers and wastewater experts, among others." This from a Nov. 11 Malibu Times article under the headline: “Water board bans septics in Malibu.” According to the article, the RWQCB’s Malibu prohibition means “an end to future permitting of septic systems in the commercial areas as well as the residential areas...” Malibuites will soon discover more than they ever wanted to know about Los Osos, as the posh, pastoral city by the sea takes sides. Sure, it’s a different town, but the same story line. It’s called “The Sewer Scam!”