Joe Simitian

The $11 Billion Dollar bond that goes with this will take money from California Schools- a reason the CTA opposed it. Wait 'til you see what it does to the already ravaged budget- lots of pork, when needed Delta fixes could have been much cheaper. Senator Simitian's "successful" bills will subsidize wasteful corporate Agriculture, who is not being ... Read Moreasked to make any concrete reductions in their water usage. All the concrete will come in the dams and the peripheral canal, and Northern California will pay in taxes, water, and a decimated Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. If you weren't happy with the 'status quo, wait 'til you see what comes next. Don't reelect Senator Simitian to anything, including Assembly. Of course, Schwarzenneger might just stick him on the Delta Commission, so he can personally ok the peripheral canal. For more info, www.restorethedelta.org or Sierra Club.

Here's a quote from AssemblyMember Evan's twitterfeed: "This morning's passage of water deal = less $ in state GF for edu & other services during econ depression. Expect more cuts." http://twitter.com/NMEvans Read more of her twitter feed. The Senators and Assemblymembers who shoved this through should be ashamed of how they treated transparency ... Read Moreand democracy, and should be called to account for the hits our already impacted educational and social services will take. She's chair of the Assembly Budget Com., by the way.