California Proposition 1, the Water Bond (Assembly Bill 1471), is on the November 4, 2014, ballot in California as a legislatively-referred bond act. This measure replaced a previous measure known as Proposition 43.[1]
The measure, upon voter approval, would enact the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. Proposal 1, if approved, would:[2]
Authorize $7.12 billion in general obligation bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects, such as public water system improvements, surface and groundwater storage, drinking water protection, water recycling and advanced water treatment technology, water supply management and conveyance, wastewater treatment, drought relief, emergency water supplies, and ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration.
Appropriate money from the General Fund to pay off bonds.
Require certain projects to provide matching funds from non-state sources in order to receive bond funds.
Specific spending proposals in the proposition include:[2]
$520 million to improve water quality for beneficial use, for reducing and preventing drinking water contaminants, disadvantaged communities, and the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
$1.495 billion for competitive grants for multibenefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects.
$810 million for expenditures on, and competitive grants and loans to, integrated regional water management plan projects.
$2.7 billion for water storage projects, dams and reservoirs.
$725 million for water recycling and advanced water treatment technology projects.
$900 million for competitive grants, and loans for, projects to prevent or clean up the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water.
$395 million for statewide flood management projects and activities.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) called on the legislature to replace the previous $11.14 billion bond (Proposition 43) with a cheaper $6 billion bond on June 25, 2014.[3] Brown called the previous water bond "a pork-laden water bond with a price tag beyond whats reasonable or affordable."[4] The legislature passed the new $7.12 billion bond on August 13, 2014.
The original water bond was moved twice. Originally certified to be on the state's 2010 ballot, it was removed and placed on the 2012 ballot. On July 5, 2012, the state legislature approved a bill to take the measure off the 2012 ballot and put it on the 2014 ballot.
Looks like a better use of public infrastructure spending than that 100 billion they plan to spend on that train. I'd think given the water situation. This is a wise move to address this issue.
will vote no and pray that the drought continues for a couple more years. the end result being that all the idiot leftists that moved here over that last 50 year will go back to where ever they came from, returning california to the pristine and semi lucid state it once was.
I haven't read the pros or cons but claiming a damn or reservoir doesn't do anything when there is no rain sounds like a retarded argument.
I would prefer the money be spent on desalination plants.
Now all you need is an ISIS avatar and to use the word infidel in every other scentence!
I haven't read the pros or cons but claiming a damn or reservoir doesn't do anything when there is no rain sounds like a retarded argument.
will vote no and pray that the drought continues for a couple more years. the end result being that all the idiot leftists that moved here over that last 50 year will go back to where ever they came from, returning california to the pristine and semi lucid state it once was.
Then make a counter-point worth reading.
sounds like a plan, i'll consider it as soon as you learn to spell. on the other hand your posts possess a certain odor. so maybe you're making a joke?
You aren't a very good grammar nazi if you missed my biggest error damn does not equal dam. Oh well I guess no one is perfect.
i suppose a couple new dams or reservoirs might have some usefulness...it just won't be holding water. cause. there. isn't. any. :whiste:
speaking of developmental disabilities.
on a more serious note let the la basin find their own water, they can start by evicting the 7 or 8 million illegals who live there, that should save a couple of glasses. then they can then build desalination plants.
What about some water desalinization plants??? Like what Israel has
So it looks like 2.7 of the 7.12 billion will actually be used to improve water storage, with the rest going out as pork.
That's actually not bad for California. Though I'd be willing to bet a very big chunk of that 2.7 billion will be used to pay for studies and consultants.
Prop one is a political compromise. It contains stuff that some will like and not like whereas others may feel just the opposite, liking what others don't and not liking what others do. It is probably the best that could be passed with enough votes from democrats and republicans. I wii hold my nose and vote for it.
Both the Ds and Rs are for 1 apparently.
Yep, you nailed it, PORK. Only 1 quarter of very dollar collected actually makes the trip to where it was supposed to go. Just look at their education system, (I had a front row seat,btw). San Diego DID have a desalination plant, it could have been easily expanded, AND linked to 2 reservoirs near by. Those reservoirs could have had their capacities expanded by at least 2 million gallons each. But what did they do? they boxed it up, and gave it to Mexico.So it looks like 2.7 of the 7.12 billion will actually be used to improve water storage, with the rest going out as pork.
That's actually not bad for California. Though I'd be willing to bet a very big chunk of that 2.7 billion will be used to pay for studies and consultants.