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  • California Voters to Decide $7.5 Billion Water Bond Measure

    http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/california-voters-to-decide-7-5-billion-water-bond-measure/ Video Story by Sheraz Sadiq, Producer for QUEST Northern California on Oct 29, 2014 At three years and counting, one of the worst droughts in California history shows little sign of abating. So it’s no surprise that water has become a hot issue this election year. In fact,a recent poll conducted this month by…

  • Governor Reveals True Intent of Prop. 1 – the Brown Water Plan

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/23/1338634/-Governor-Reveals-True-Intent-of-Prop-1-the-Brown-Water-Plan# THU OCT 23, 2014 AT 09:44 AM PDT by Dan Bacher Water bond is closely allied with Delta tunnels After months of misrepresenting the true purpose of Proposition 1, Governor Jerry Brown inadvertently undermined his own message at a recent Stanford water conference, according to a statement from Prop. 1 opponents. Brown, one of…

  • November ballot includes a $7.1 billion bond measure. Here’s why we shouldn’t support it.

    http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/forum/november-ballot-includes-a-billion-bond-measure-here-s-why/article_9b28cb6c-5a28-11e4-9319-001a4bcf6878.html Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:00 am Keith Vandevere Proposition 1 would authorize California to issue $7.12 billion in bonds. These bonds would support much good and needed work, including watershed protection and restoration projects, regional water management plan projects, water recycling and treatment projects, cleaning up contaminated groundwater, etc. I’d love to vote…

  • A Barrier to Proposition 1?

    http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-barrier-to-proposition-1/Content?oid=4103387 By Jean Tepperman OCTOBER 22, 2014 In California’s ongoing water war, this year’s election battle has an unusual lineup of participants. Supporting Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion water bond measure on the November ballot, is the usual flood of money poured in by billionaires and corporate agricultural interests who want to build more dams…

  • Obama Selling Out California to Westlands Water District

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/17/18762941.php by Dan Bacher Friday Oct 17th, 2014 8:10 AM Secret Deal Forgives Government Debt, Allows Continued Pollution, and Locks in Subsidized Water Deliveries to Corporate Farms Obama administration officials have reached a settlement with the largest irrigation district in the United States that forgives nearly $400 million in debt, provides massive quantities of subsidized…