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Thursday’s top of scroll: Bass’ choice for new Valley water agency scrutinized

Posted by: Maven on March 11, 2010 at 6:02 am

From the Fresno Bee:

“The state’s implementation of sweeping new water legislation is off to a bumpy start, as a battle brews over who will serve on a powerful new agency overseeing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders late last year touted the newly passed package of water policy bills as a historic compromise that ends decades of gridlock the governor has referred to as a “holy war.” Yet four months later, the governor has yet to make his four appointees to the newly created Delta Stewardship Council, a seven-member board that will oversee the troubled estuary.

Meanwhile, an appointment made by former Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, is being questioned by key Assembly Democrats who say her pick might not be suited to serve. … “

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