A plan at last for California's water future

yeah right! So how much is this gonna cost me?? This is the same crap we hear every time the politicians have screwed up and we the tax payers come to their rescue. This state could easily run on methane gas just from the politicians themselves!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/endang...

To see what BS this is, read the entire article.

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Water in the Central Valley shifted from farming toward fish in 1992, when U.S. Congressman George Miller (D-Martinez), a close associate and advisor to the current speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, co-authored the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). Coincidentally, two of Miller's former chiefs of staff, John Lawrence and Dan Beard, now serve in Nancy Pelosi's office.

The CVPIA reduced water for Central Valley farming from 3.5 million acre-feet to 2 million acre-feet annually, a 43% reduction and allocated it for wildlife habitats. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) now had authority to control the water supply by diverting water from farmers to fish and wildlife habitats. As a result, Central Valley farmers got less water at higher prices. Using the Endangered Species Act to buttress and justify its actions, FWS grossly expanded federal control of California resources, unilaterally deciding who got how much water in the state. FWS studies and decisions were made without any independent oversight and verification from the scientific community at large.

Further water reductions to Central Valley farmers came from routine, FWS biological surveys of fish in the Delta that identified several species as threatened or endangered. In 2005, FWS identification of the Delta Smelt as not in jeopardy prompted a lawsuit by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a powerful radical environmental group with an annual budget of $88 million. NRDC advocates the reduction of California farmland and the permanent diversion of water from agriculture.
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It's about time that CA invest in H20 desalination and less on fat salaries for government employees and politicians, less on solving the the fake problem of Global Warming, and less on illegal aliens.

Pork and Water should not mix.

As needful as CA is of water infrastructure upgrading after 40 years and an almost tripling of the population, I will vote 'no' due to the vast pork and watered down, needed regulation left out in this version that the legislative harlots put forward. This bill deserves a D+.

Are you kidding?

The legislative branch along with the Governor took a great picture of congratulations for themselves; however the reality is that we are getting more DEBT DEBT DEBT with little change. We are told to cut our water usage and you know that will be accompanied with increase in our water rates. Sooo who really won?

There is nothing in this bond that solves the problem of additional resources of water. We should be building desalinization plants. We can build these plants at strategic locations along the California. These locations could include current locations where power plants, water cleansing plants, recycling plants and military bases. These plants along with a distribution system and storage system will provide additional water resources that this state truly needs.

What say you?

The price tag was 5.6 Billion before the "elected idiots" started adding millions for their pet projects. From Karen Bass down, the additional cost for "political projects" has doubled the cost. Yet, everyone will brag about how great things will be!
Give me a break!
This is democracy at work?

I so distrust our corrupt and incompetent Mayor that his involvement in any issue, means the public is being sold to the highest bidder for his personal benefit. Same for the Governor.