Ladies and gentleman, looks like we might have a new ballot initiative …
Runner and Huff File Water Priorities Constitutional Amendment & New Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Facilities Bond Act: “Vice Chair, Board of Equalization, George Runner and California State Senator Bob Huff (R-San Dimas) today announced they have submitted for title and summary a 2016 ballot initiative that redirects unspent High Speed Rail Proposition 1A (2008) and Proposition 1 (2014) water bond money to build new surface water and groundwater storage projects without adding more debt or levying new taxes. It also establishes priorities for the state’s use of water as a constitutional amendment. The measure adds a new section to Article X of the California Constitution making drinking water and irrigation the primary beneficial water use priorities for the people of the state ahead of all other needs, according to the proponents. … ” Read more from the Los Cerritos News here: Runner and Huff File Water Priorities Constitutional Amendment & New Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Facilities Bond Act
Ballot proposal would divert high-speed rail money to water (shorter story from the AP): “Two Republican lawmakers are proposing a ballot initiative that would ask California voters to redirect about $8 billion in bond money from the state’s high-speed rail project to build water storage. Board of Equalization member George Runner and Sen. Bob Huff of San Dimas said they filed language Thursday for the initiative. … ” Read more from the Merced Sun-Star here: Ballot proposal would divert high-speed rail money to water
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