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Legislators debate water bond that could include dam; Committee member says they are near a compromise

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 27, 2008 at 8:25 am

From the Visalia Times-Delta:

Legislators debated, but didn’t agree on, a water bond Tuesday that could build a new dam at Temperance Flat on the San Joaquin River and help clean up contaminated groundwater in Tulare County and elsewhere.

The Special Committee on Water focused primarily on a $9.8 billion bond co-authored by Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, a proposal that represented a new formal effort by Assembly Democrats. “It’s a work in progress,” Caballero said, “but we’ve moved closer to a consensus product than has ever been achieved.”

Republicans criticized the Democratic proposal and, more specifically, the Democrats for refusing to include a $9.98 billion GOP water bond in the hearing. “I think that is a [Democratic] leadership issue,” Assemblywoman Lois Wolk, D-Davis, committee chair, said of any hearing on the GOP plan.

The regular session of the legislature is set to end on Sunday, but the water bond may be considered in the special session to follow. Click here for more from the Visalia Times-Delta.

August 27, 2008 · Filed Under Water Legislation

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