{"id":7626,"date":"2010-08-10T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2010-08-10T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:21:58","slug":"ca-water-bond-shelved-until-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/08\/10\/ca-water-bond-shelved-until-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Bond Shelved Until 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure  id=\"attachment_7630\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 143px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7630\" title=\"delta_2[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2010\/08\/delta_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Amanda Dyer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From KQED&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiareport.org\/archive\/R201008100850\/b\"><em> The California Report<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2009\/11\/09\/11-billion-in-water-bonds-follow-the-money\/\">$11 billion water bond<\/a> was the product of a tough political compromise last year. Lately, it&#8217;s been the focus of a lot of criticism &#8212; detractors say it is too filled with pet projects, and it contains too much borrowing for a state in fiscal chaos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Last night, the Legislature pushed the bond onto the ballot two years from now, a plan to pay for new dams, water conservation, and some changes in the fragile Delta ecosystem. Supporters say the delay isn&#8217;t likely to hurt the state&#8217;s water needs. But no one can say whether a two-year postponement will allow the proposal to be fine-tuned or killed by its many opponents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/fwix.com\/sfbay\/share\/df0eaef9e1\/legislature_delays_water_bond_to_2012_ballot\">has more<\/a> on the fate of the bond measure, which had been scheduled to appear on this November&#8217;s state ballot.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more on California&#8217;s water issues, including <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=109113054396355581272.000477e93a1c507e4d467&amp;ll=35.924645,-120.102539&amp;spn=7.115112,10.722656&amp;z=6&amp;source=embed\">an interactive map<\/a> of where the $11 billion in this bond measure was proposed to go, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/science\/climatewatch\/water.jsp\">California&#8217;s Water<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for massive borrowing plan to fix the state&#8217;s water supply system are shelved until 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[57,435,654],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-7626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-business","category-water","tag-bond-measure","tag-policy","tag-water"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Water Bond Shelved Until 2012 | Climate Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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