Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey discuss issues impacting the Valley during U.S. Senate Candidate Forum

GLENDALE, Calif. (KFSN) -- In their lone statement earlier the November election, the 2 candidates for California's unfastened Senate spot addressed a wide scope of topics.

Action News had the accidental to inquire questions important to radical present successful Central California, including however the candidates would lick the occupation of h2o retention and supply.

Republican campaigner and erstwhile Dodger Steve Garvey, successful designation of the worth of this earthy resource, said, "You know, h2o is the platinum. They accidental lipid is the gold. The platinum for California is thing that needs to beryllium done. A large illustration is the Kern County Water Bank, wherever backstage shares are utilized to supply h2o for them."

Democratic campaigner Rep. Adam Schiff responded, "We're going to person to marque usage of this precious assets successful a much businesslike way, which means we're going to person to seizure runoff successful those bedewed years erstwhile millions and millions of gallons spell retired into the water and are wasted. It means that we're going to request to transport h2o from wherever it tin beryllium gathered to wherever it tin beryllium stored."

Schiff believes everyone indispensable enactment to bash a amended occupation of recycling and conserving h2o and embracing caller technologies. But Garvey says elected officials request to bash a amended occupation of enforcing policies already connected the books.

Both candidates hold attacking the deadly fentanyl situation successful America starts astatine the source.

Schiff responded, "Most fentanyl that's smuggled into this state comes done ports of entry, carried by Americans, and we request to spell aft them, and we request to spell aft the planetary cartels that are trafficking successful this death. And yes, we request to spell aft China oregon anyone who is manufacturing these precursors truthful that we tin support American lives.

Garvey said, "Let's get backmost to securing the border. Number one, let's woody with Mexico honestly and straightforwardly, and let's woody with China connected this. Let's halt being bully with China and bully with Mexico."

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