Governor signs bill to secure water for customers of broke utility

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries expressed relief and elation today that a bill to secure clean, reliable drinking water for customers of a Menifee-area utility that's going under is now law.

''This has been a number of years in the making, and now we're on our way to being able to deliver safe potable water to these residents,'' Jeffries told City News Service. ''All of the entities involved have pretty much agreed to all the terms, so there should be no more objections to moving forward.''

On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1130 into law, freeing the Perris-...