<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv5225277299" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class=""><div id="yiv5225277299yui_3_16_0_6_1415313878197_4" class="" style=""><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 26px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(68, 102, 153);">How the water bond played out</h1><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">By </span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a class="" href="http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/author/breitlera/" title="View all posts by Alex Breitler" style="border: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">ALEX BREITLER</a></span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> | </span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color:
transparent;">Published: </span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><abbr class="" title="2014-11-05T10:46:06-0800" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; cursor: text; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">NOVEMBER 5, 2014</abbr></span> <span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">|</span> <span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color:
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make up the state of Jefferson territory in far Northern California.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The other two? Calaveras and Inyo.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">• San Joaquin County voters were inclined to support the bond (59 percent), but were considerably less enthusiastic than other San Joaquin Valley regions (Fresno County weighed in with 76 percent support).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">• The strongest support in California? Kings County, at 76.5 percent.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">• Strongest opposition? Water-conscious Trinity
County, at 70.4 percent.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">Unfortunately for bond opponents, Trinity County accounts for just 3,456 votes, about .0006 percent of the more than 5 million votes cast on the bond.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" st_title="How the water bond played out" st_url="http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2014/11/05/how-the-water-bond-played-out/" st_processed="yes" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px 3px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; position: relative; z-index: 1; display: inline-block; cursor: pointer;
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