Legislative staffer: California governor, lawmakers to propose $1B in drought relief spending

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Legislative-staffer-California-governor-6145094.php

Ruh-roh, Rorge! Just where is that billion going to come from? Given Brown's track record, I'd guess from the social safety net: Medi-Cal, CalWORKS, In-Home Supportive Services and so on.

[tridim]

1. We're trashing Jerry Brown now on DU?

WTF?

[KamaAina]

2. He's used the surplus to "tear down the wall of debt"

Some of us would prefer that he tear down the wall of poverty, a category in which, adjusted for cost of living, we are now Numero Uno.

[CreekDog]

3. by calling it an "emergency", he may be dipping into the reserve instead.

let's hope.

[KamaAina]

4. According to my Senior Sacramento Correspondent,

it's coming, appropriately enough, from the recently passed water bonds.