<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div id="yiv6497233257" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_4" class="" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_75" class="">The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN, online at <a href="http://www.c-win.org/" class="">www.c-win.org</a>) is opposed to the Water Bond, Proposition 1. C-WIN's initial press release is attached.</span> </font></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_4" class="" style=""><span id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_75" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br style=""><div
class="" role="gridcell" tabindex="0" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; display: table; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; background-color: inherit; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><div id="yiv9900888915" class="" style=""><div dir="ltr" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></span></div><div class="" role="gridcell" tabindex="0" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; display: inline
!important; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; background-color: inherit; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; "><div id="yiv9900888915" class="" style="display: inline !important; "><div dir="ltr" class="" style="display: inline !important; "><div class="" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Some notes on the </span></div></div></div></div>Field Poll Results<div></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""> </span></span></span></div><div class=""
style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">The Field Poll found a slightly higher level of support than the No On 1 pollster did:</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">52 to 27 with 21 percent undecided</span></span></span></div><div
class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">VS.</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">42 to 24 with 34 undecided</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI',
Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><b class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""> </span></b></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">A couple of points:</span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;
padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""><br></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">The Field Poll interviewed 150 fewer voters than the No On 1 poll, so No On 1 numbers have greater reliability.</span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;
padding-left: 0px; display: block; color: windowtext; font-size: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""><br></span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">The Field Poll did not read the ballot label exactly as voters will see it on the ballot as they vote, but read a slightly more voter-friendly summary of the measure – close, but not the official language.</span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:
'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">The margin of error for the Field Poll is 4.5 points and the No On 1 margin of error is 4 points – so the findings are close to that broad range.</span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top:
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""> </span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">The two polls combined found that support is still weak, barely over 50% and voters know very little about the measure.</span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class=""> </span></span></div><div class="" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="" style=""><span style="color: windowtext; " class="">Most ballot measures are decided by the Independent voters. The Field Poll found them below 50%, at 47 to 30 with 23 percent undecided. </span></span></div></div></div></div></div></font></span></span></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal; " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_10" class="" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Tom Stokely<br class="" style="">Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact<br class="" style="">California Water Impact Network<br class="" style="">V/FAX 530-926-9727<br class="" style="">Cell 530-524-0315<br class="" style="">tstokely@att.net<br class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.c-win.org/" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3542" class="" style="">http://www.c-win.org</a></font></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_10" class="" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_10" class="" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Field-Poll-results-show-support-for-7-5-billion-5745392.php" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4581" class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Field-Poll-results-show-support-for-7-5-billion-5745392.php</font></a><br id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3544" class="" style=""></div><div id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_5_1410372283412_10" class="" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; "><span class="" style="line-height:6px;border-collapse:separate;font-family:Times;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3729"><font class="" size="5" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4151" style=""><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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4045"><h1 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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:'Sofia Pro Bold';font-weight:normal;line-height:64px;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4044">Field Poll results show support for $7.5 billion state water bond</h1><h5 class=""
style="margin-top:20px;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);display:inline-block;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px;width:auto;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4420"><span 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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4419">Melody Gutierrez</span></h5> </div></font><span class="" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia,
serif;line-height:27px;font-size:24px;"><b class="" style="">Sacramento</b></span><span class="" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:27px;font-size:24px;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4586"> --</span><font class="" size="5" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4425" style=""><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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4424"><h5 class="" title="2014-09-10T09:17:47Z"
style="margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);display:inline-block;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px;width:auto;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4154">Updated 9:17 am, Wednesday, September 10, 2014</h5></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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;
border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:27px;" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3728"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4426">California voters are likely to approve a $7.5 billion water bond on the November statewide ballot, according to a Field Poll released Wednesday.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;
padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_4427">By nearly 2 to 1, voters indicated they support the water bond, a somewhat surprising result given that the majority of people polled reported at first that they were not familiar with Proposition 1.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);
font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3746">"That's interesting to me," said poll Director <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Mark+DiCamillo%22" 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:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="">Mark DiCamillo</a>. "I would have guessed there would be more awareness among likely voters. These are the people we believe will show up on election day. ... It's almost like many voters aren't aware an election is coming up."</div><div style="
margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3747">Fifty-two percent of likely voters said they would vote yes for the water bond, while 27 percent planned to vote no and 21 percent were undecided. Among voters who indicated they were already familiar with the water bond, support was 57 percent in favor and 25 percent against.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3748">DiCamillo said that's a favorable result in the poll, indicating that as people learn about the water bond, their support for it increases.</div><h3 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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Sofia Pro Bold';line-height:35px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Welcome
news</h3><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">"The prospects are pretty good at this point," he said.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3739">That will be welcomed news for state officials,
who said the water bond will provide critical improvements to California's water delivery system and help combat the effects of the current drought and those that follow.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Sofia Pro Bold'; line-height: 35px; ">Measures withdrawn</span></div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">Lawmakers voted last month to swap out an $11 billion water bond with the scaled-back $7.5 billion version,
which was renamed Prop. 1 to improve its chances by moving it to the top of the November ballot.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">Lawmakers pulled the $11 billion water bond from the ballot in 2010 and 2012 due to low voter approval ratings. That larger bond was often criticized as being "pork-laden," with millions directed to nonessential programs to garner enough votes to pass the Legislature.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">The revised bond includes $2.7 billion for water storage projects, $900 million for groundwater cleanup and monitoring, $725 million for water recycling and $1.5 billion for watershed
restoration programs. Prop. 1 asks voters to approve $7.12 billion in new bond debt and reallocates $425 million in existing unspent bond funds to bring the total spending plan to $7.5 billion.</div><h3 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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Sofia Pro Bold';line-height:35px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Drought a factor</h3><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;
font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">The state anticipates it would cost $360 million annually over 40 years to pay off the bond debt.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">In the Field Poll, DiCamillo said there is no doubt that California's drought is driving some of the support for Prop. 1. Previous polls that focused on the state's water shortage showed nearly all voters surveyed describe the current drought as serious.</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;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:right;"></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">"The drought is clearly on voters' minds and they recognize it as a serious situation," he said.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="">Despite Prop. 1 clearing the state Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support, the poll showed Republican voters lining up against it. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Democrats%22"
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:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="">Democrats</a> support the water bond 66 percent yes to 13 percent no, while Republican voters were 35 percent yes and 49 percent no.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3738">The Bay Area showed significant
support for the bond, with 62 percent of likely voters approving of it. Despite a long history in California of water issues falling
on regional - not partisan - lines, DiCamillo said the poll didn't reflect that.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3727">"There isn't a major region of the state showing opposition," he said. "That's a story in and of itself."</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;
border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3730">The Field Poll surveyed 467 registered voters in California between Aug. 14 and 28 about whether they were aware of the water bond listed on the November ballot as Prop. 1 and whether they supported it.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:27px;" class="" id="yiv6497233257yui_3_16_0_1_1410372283412_3731">The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8
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