Water Bond Heads to November Ballot as Proposition 1

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Gov. Jerry Brown signs a $7.5 billion water bond Wednesday night. Photo by Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio, Courtesy of KQED

By Scott Detrow/KQED News Fix

A plan to spend $7.5 billion on water projects across California is on its way to the November ballot.

The water bond measure — officially the “Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014” — passed both houses with near-unanimous support Wednesday night.

The signing ceremony Gov. Jerry Brown held immediately after the vote was the kind of sight that has become an endangered species in politics these days: a bipartisan celebration of a major legislative package.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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