02/05/2019
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"In exchange for amending that law, which I think almost everyone now agrees should not have contained this taxpayer obligation in the first place to finance a boondoggle drain for these lands, the set..."
"the settlement agreement calls for nearly $400 million in a taxpayer bailout for the Westlands Water District."
"environmental and water quality safeguards are completely missing from this deal."
"This, I believe, is good public policy and ought to move quickly through the committee."