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Water Rights in California
Governor Jerry Brown defended his water use restrictions yesterday on ABC’s This Week. Criticism has come from those in California who believe farmers who grow water-hungry crops should have to cut back on their usage as well.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readGovernor Jerry Brown defended his water use restrictions yesterday on ABC’s This Week. Criticism has come from those in California who believe farmers who grow water-hungry crops should have to cut back on their usage as well. Brown claims historic water rights limit what restrictions could be imposed, but he left open the possibility for review in the future. Do the state’s archaic water rights make sense while a drought strains California’s dwindling resources?
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The full episode
3 of 5UVA Rape Case, Governor Brown's Water Restrictions, and Mad Men- 0:00UVA Rape Story Report
- 7:57The Difficulties of Reporting on Rape
- 18:34Water Rights in CaliforniaYou’re reading this
- 28:01The Beginning of the End of 'Mad Men'
- 43:15TV Roundup