Water Politics (09/12/14)

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🗓️ 31 October 2014

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It’s a big year for water politics in California. Will voters approve a $7.12 billion bond for water projects to help get us through a record drought? John Coleman, president, Association of California Water Agencies; board member, East Bay Municipal Utility District Danny Merkley, director of water resources, California Farm Bureau Federation Anthony Rendon, California Assemblyman (D-63); Chairman, State Water Parks and Wildlife Committee Lauren Sommer, reporter, KQED Science This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California in Lafayette on September 12, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.7	2014 is a big year for water politics in California.
1:17.6	With a searing drought on everyone's mind, the legislature recently passed, and Governor Brown signed a landmark bill that tightens oversight on groundwater.
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1:28.3	will decide on a $7.5 billion bond for water projects. And around the state, reservoirs at
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