CALIFORNIA: Save Our Water Rights: VOTE NOVEMBER

Food & Water Watch

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California has a water fight on the November ballot! Food & Water Watch opposes Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion water bond that benefits corporate interests and doesn't create a drop of new water, improve efficiency or repair aging water infrastructure. 

Our California team is taking a lead role in defeating this bond. CA director, Adam Scow, lays out why in this debate on KCRW Radio's Which Way LA? with Warren Olney.http://bit.ly/1BCTzpo

Who Benefits from Sacramento’s Water Compromise? 10 MIN, 34 SEC

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Proposition 1 on the November ballot is a compromise between Democrats, Republicans and Governor Brown: 

It’s a water bond for $7.5 billion — replacing an $11 billion measure that appeared too expensive to pass. 

Even supporters of the compromise admit it won’t help Californians cope with the current drought or prevent rationing during the next one.

Much of it goes for two new dams that won’t be completed for at least a decade. 

But Tim Quinn calls it “the right size and the right time.” He’s Executive Director of the Association of California Water Agencies — 440 different organizations that deliver 90% of the state’s water.

Guests:
Adam Scow, California Campaigns Director for Food and Water Watch
Tim Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies (@ACWAWater)