Thursday, February 20, 2014

Jerry Brown Introduces Modest Drought Relief Plan



Jerry Brown Introduces Modest Drought Relief Plan

by Joel B. Pollak 20 Feb 2014, 5:56 AM PDT
California Governor Jerry Brown unveiled a $687.4-million drought relief plan in Sacramento on Wednesday that was hailed by Democrats and state water authorities, but which will do little to address the larger issues plaguing water management in the region. The package includes spending for water recycling, groundwater restoration, and emergency food and housing, but does nothing about the larger conflict over water use.

Farmers and Republicans call the water crisis "man-made," because much of the water to which they previously had access was flushed out to sea in recent years to preserve endangered fish populations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. Gov. Brown and President Barack Obama have rejected efforts by Republicans in Congress to restore water to the farmers by federal law. The new package offers no solutions to the dilemma.

Instead, Gov. Brown's package sticks to what is politically feasible with Democrats in complete control of the state government. According to Anthony York of the Los Angeles Times, some of Gov. Brown's proposals were included in the budget he presented to the state legislature last month, but would not have been enacted until July. By re-introducing them as emergency measures, the governor could see them take effect within weeks.

Much of California's water comes from the snowpack on the Sierra Nevada mountains, which has been at very low levels this year following two years of very limited precipitation. Just a few years before, the state had ample water and its reservoirs were full. However, California has not invested in new reservoirs, partly due to the insistence of environmentalists that water management should focus on conservation rather than storage.

Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown is the California state government governor, and his sister is Kathleen Brown.

Note: Kathleen Brown was the California state government treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Antonia Hernandez is a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates, a director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and a director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and was a director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
Kevin M. Johnson is a director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Sacramento (CA) mayor.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Urban Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Jamie S. Gorelick was a director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and is a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

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