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Tag: drinking water

Why is California’s ‘More Water Now’ Ballot Initiative Already Under Attack?

December 6, 2021   8:06 amDecember 8, 2021   3:42 pm
California has a long history of squandering its precious water. In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later,...
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Newsom Administration Wasted So Much Water, Oroville Just Ran Out

August 6, 2021   7:57 amAugust 6, 2021   7:59 am
Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber), and Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Marysville) met this week at the top of the Oroville Dam to decry Governor Gavin Newsom’s “lack of leadership and gross mismanagement of the state’s water, power and...
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Gov. Newsom Touts Largest Tax Revenue Windfall in CA History in Budget, and Highest Spending

May 9, 2019   4:51 pmMay 10, 2019   10:43 pm
“The state is flush, but school districts aren’t. Why isn’t the state allocating more to the kids, cities and counties that are still having a difficult time?”  – Sen. John Moorlach   Gov. Gavin Newsom released his revised budget Thursday,...
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Ignoring $30B From Water Bonds and State Surplus, Gov. Gavin Newsom Wants New Water Tax

March 21, 2019   7:59 amMarch 25, 2019   12:55 pm
Despite Assembly Constitutional Amendment 3 that would use 2 percent of the annual General Fund to pay for all water improvement projects, and eight water bonds totaling more than $30 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge California water customers up to...
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Newsom Wants Tax on Water for ‘Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund’

January 15, 2019   1:30 amJanuary 14, 2019   8:33 pm
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a tax on drinking water throughout the state to help poor communities in California deal with contaminated water systems. Newsom’s plan to establish a “safe and affordable drinking water fund” is in his budget proposal,...
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What’s In Gavin Newsom’s 2019 ‘California For All’ Budget

January 11, 2019   5:00 amJanuary 17, 2019   1:04 pm
  Self-described policy wonk Gov. Gavin Newsom presented his first Budget Summary 2019-20 Thursday – all 178 pages of it. “Full disclosure, this is something I really enjoy,” Newsom said. Newsom inherited a significant surplus of $15 billion and the...
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