State Undercuts Watershed Protection Efforts
Outskirts of Austin, 1986
Courtesy Austin Rail Now
May 1987
House Bill 4 weakens Austin's ability to protect water quality, sanctioning grandfathering exemptions.
I've warned this council that if we go too far in using growth-limiting policies we risk seeing our ordinances dismantled by the Legislature... you're just adding gasoline to the fire.
— City Councilmember Mark Rose, 1987
