WHAT IT DOES: Authorizes $7.5 billion for water storage, and treatment and conservation projects; includes $7.1 billion in new borrowing. Also provides money for habitat restoration and about $300 million for regional conservancies that primarily preserve land for recreation or wildlife habitat.
WHO SUPPORTS IT: Gov. Jerry Brown and near unanimous majorities of Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature; U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer; a long list of agricultural, business and conservation groups, including the California Farm Bureau Federation and the Audubon Society.
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