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March 27, 2015

$1B water spending plan heads to Calif. governor

By FENIT NIRAPPIL
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A plan to pump $1 billion of water spending into drought-stricken California cleared the Legislature on Thursday and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, who is expected to sign the legislation.

The California Assembly voted unanimously, 74-0, on AB91 a day after the Senate approved bills that would expedite infrastructure spending; offer aid to communities hit hard by dry conditions; and authorize fines for illegal diversions of water that hurt fish.


 
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