First, California Gov. Jerry Brown is about as liberal as Hillary Clinton.
Second, it's clear that come hell or high water (climatologically, the functional metaphorical equivalent of the former is MUCH more likely than even a literal installment of the latter on a regular basis), Jerry Brown wants a chunk of his daddy's legacy by getting what he surely thinks should be called the Edmund G. Brown Jr. Peripheral Delta Canal pushed through. That's even as it looks about as environmentally unfriendly as any other California big water project.
As for the intensifying drought that's negating the likelihood of that high water?
His state's own Supreme Court, shortly after his first go-round as governor ended, said that water use fell under the public use doctrine and courts could control it in emergencies.
I agree: it's time to bring a court case, because we know Jerry Brown never will.
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May 16, 2015
Water, California, Jerry Brown and courts
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