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Barry Nelson on leadership and the water package

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 7, 2009 at 7:52 am

From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“A great deal has been written about the substance of the water reform bills that was passed by the legislature in the wee hours Wednesday. Here’s NRDC’s statement on the three key bills. And here’s a thoughtful editorial from the Los Angeles Times this morning. I’ll write more about the substance of these bills later. But the story the media has yet to cover is what it really takes to pass a package of bills like this.

The California legislature is a famously unruly institution and water is a famously thorny issue. Passing a single major water bill requires extraordinary amounts of hard work. Passing an entire package of water bills takes a herculean effort, and, in this case, the load was carried to a remarkable extent by just a few legislators who led this effort. Assemblyman Mike Feuer and Senators Fran Pavley and Joe Simitian were authors of bills that evolved dramatically after endless committee hearings and were swept into this final package. They’ve been working on these bills for two years or more. But the heaviest lifting in the legislature was done by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman Jared Huffman. …”

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November 7, 2009 · Filed Under Water Legislation

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