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Will New Taxes Solve California’s Water Shortage?
Governor Brown is pushing hard for Proposition 1 on Tuesday’s ballot — $7.5 billion for water projects, including new dams and reservoirs. It won’t help with the current drought. What would it mean when things get back to normal — if they ever do?
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenGovernor Brown is pushing hard for Proposition 1 on Tuesday’s ballot — $7.5 billion for water projects, including new dams and reservoirs. It won’t help with the current drought. What would it mean when things get back to normal — if they ever do? We hear both sides.
Also, historically, LA was a non-union town, but now local politicians depend on support from organized labor. We talk with a woman who helped make that happen: Maria Elena Durazo, who’s moving on.
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2 storiesWill New Taxes Solve California’s Water Shortage?
Governor Brown is famously not campaigning for re-election next week so much as he is for favorite ballot measures, including Proposition 1 .
Read the story15 minThe Legacy of LA Labor Boss Maria Elena Durazo
Maria Elena Durazo has been President of the LA County Federation of Labor since 2005. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she now leads more than 600,000 union members here in LA. The LA Times says she’s helped make Labor “possibly the greatest single power in [the city’s] electoral politics.”
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