Gilmore on water crisis
question:
California faces a water crisis. The Delta is deteriorating. Water supplies are shrinking. But the state is also broke. How would you solve the water crisis without deepening the state's budget hole?answer:
It is imperative that we start to prioritize the needs in our state, which include investment in our crumbling infrastructure. Infrastructure needs have been on the back burner and account for less than 10% or the state’s budget.
Our budget crisis is minuscule in comparison to the total collapse of the state’s economy should the delta fail as a result of a natural disaster. I believe the state should take ANY means available to secure the necessary water storage i.e. surface, ground and a peripheral canal, to do anything less is irresponsible of our legislature.
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