SB 146 Would Guarantee Residents a Voice Over Mine’s Water Permits |     By Andrew Fried, SAFE President, Feb. 20, 2017     | Complacency is deadly. This truism can be aptly applied to the battle to prevent CEMEX USA from developing a massive sand and gravel mine in Soledad Canyon. After more than two decades, in August 2015 it appeared the battle may be drawing to a close, as the federal Bureau of Land Management canceled the contracts…