<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; border-collapse: separate; "><div id="content-header" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class=""><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="" style="color: rgb(2, 96, 166); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31px; "><a href="http://www.acwa.com/news/state-budget-fees/public-comment-period-opens-prop-1-water-bond-ballot-arguments" class=""
style="">http://www.acwa.com/news/state-budget-fees/public-comment-period-opens-prop-1-water-bond-ballot-arguments</a> <br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="" style="color: rgb(2, 96, 166); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31px; "><br></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="" style="color: rgb(2, 96, 166); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31px; ">Public Comment Period Opens on Prop. 1 Water Bond Ballot Arguments</span><br class="" style=""></div></div><div id="content-area" style="margin-top:
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2:54pm </div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; display: inline; ">in <ul class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; list-style-type: disc; display: inline; font-size: 9px; "><li class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: url(http://www.acwa.com/sites/all/themes/acwa/images/bluearrow.gif); "><a href="http://www.acwa.com/category/issues/state-budgetfees" rel="tag" title="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px;
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list-style-image: url(http://www.acwa.com/sites/all/themes/acwa/images/bluearrow.gif); "><a href="http://www.acwa.com/category/acwa-spotlight/2014-water-bond" rel="tag" title="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(9, 93, 185); text-decoration: none; " class="">2014 Water Bond</a></li> <li class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: url(http://www.acwa.com/sites/all/themes/acwa/images/bluearrow.gif); "><a href="http://www.acwa.com/category/news-type/water-news" rel="tag" title="Water News" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;
padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(9, 93, 185); text-decoration: none; " class="">Water News</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; "><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; "><a href="http://www.acwa.com/sites/default/files/news_icons/state-budget-fees/2014/09/2014-water-bond.jpg" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(9, 93, 185); text-decoration: underline; "><img src="http://www.acwa.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/news_image/news_icons/state-budget-fees/2014/09/2014-water-bond.jpg" alt="" title=""
class="" width="201" height="107" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); vertical-align: bottom; "></a></div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="">Draft ballot arguments on Proposition 1 – a $7.5 billion water bond set to go before voters Nov. 4
– are now posted for public review on the Secretary of State’s website until Sept. 12.</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="">The ballot arguments for and against the $7.5 billion water bond are available <a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/vig-public-display/110414-supplemental/20-day-public-display.htm" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(9, 93, 185); text-decoration: underline; " class="">here</a>. The arguments are part of the draft copy of the Official Supplemental Voter Information Guide for the Nov 4 election.</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="">The $7.5 billion bond contains $2.7 billion continuously appropriated for above and below ground storage projects, funds for regional water reliability, safe drinking water, water recycling, water conservation, groundwater management and cleanup, watershed protection and statewide flood management.</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="">On Aug. 13, the Legislature approved the bond and Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure placing the bond before voters in November.</div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>