KQED's Climate Watch » bonds http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch KQED's multimedia series providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:37:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 $11 Billion in Water Bonds: Follow the Money http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2009/11/09/11-billion-in-water-bonds-follow-the-money/ http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2009/11/09/11-billion-in-water-bonds-follow-the-money/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:02:48 +0000 Gretchen Weber http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/?p=3502 Continue reading →]]> Governor Schwarzenegger traveled to Fresno County Monday to sign the centerpiece of last week’s package of water bills—an $11.14 billion bond measure that would pay for new dams and reservoirs and a sweeping program of conservation, water recycling and drought relief projects.

The governor appeared at a Friant Dam press conference with state Senator Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, author of the bond initiative. Schwarzenegger said he’s hopeful that the bond, along with other measures in last week’s comprehensive water agreement, will put an end to the “holy water wars” pitting Northern v. Southern California and among cities, agriculture, fishing communities, and environmentalists.

The the governor signed the bond bill amid criticism that last-minute negotiations added more than $1 billion in earmarks designed to win support for the measure.

See our map, prepared by KQED editor Dan Brekke, for a detailed breakdown of where the $11.14 billion in bond money is supposed to go.


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