AB 2485: Saving the sea otters

Something is killing California’s sea otters, and unlike in the past, it’s not hunters. A ban on taking sea otters rescued them from being totally lost off the California coast. This time it’s disease and pathogens, and one suspected source is cat litter that is flushed into the sewer system and ends up in coastal waters. AB 2485 (Jones) increases penalties for the poaching of sea otters, authorizes a state tax check-off for the newly-established California Sea Otter Fund, and requires a notice against disposal in sewers to be printed on cat litter sold in the state.