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align="center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Governor Brown to Meet with Water, Environmental and Agricultural Leaders on Drought Today in Sacramento<br></span></h1><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;">SACRAMENTO – </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14px;">On the heels of the lowest snowpack measurement ever recorded last week and the first ever statewide mandatory water reduction order, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will meet with top agricultural, environmental and urban water agency leaders from across California today in Sacramento.</span></div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin:0;"> </div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14px;">“As Californians, we have to save water in every way we possibly can and we have to pull together,” said Governor Brown at last week’s snowpack measurement. “We have to become more resilient, more efficient and more innovative and that’s exactly what we are going to do.”</span></div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin:0;"> </div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14px;"><span> <strong>When: </strong></span><span>Today, Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The final few minutes of the meeting will be open to coverage by credentialed media at approx. 2:15 p.m. Reporters must check in at 2:00 p.m.</span><span><br> <strong>Where:</strong></span> California State Capitol, Governor's Office, Sacramento, CA 95814<br></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin:0;"> </div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14px;">For more than two years, the state's experts have been managing water resources to deal with the effects of the drought and prepare for the next one. Last week, Governor Brown announced the first ever 25 percent statewide mandatory water reductions and a series of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/janmc7rm4Qy4D/4Qgtmyuz/5x231/i8hukzy/i8c/24Qaol">actions</a> to help save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient. Last year, the Governor proclaimed a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/nmc7rmrXyeK/rXgtmyuzja/5x231/i8hukzy/i8c/3rXckz">drought state of emergency</a>. The state has also taken steps to make sure that water is available for human health and safety, growing food, fighting fires and protecting fish and wildlife. Millions have been spent helping thousands of California families most impacted by the drought pay their bills, put food on their tables and have water to drink.</span></div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin:0;"> </div><div style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14px;">To learn about all the actions the state has taken to manage our water system and cope with the impacts of the drought, visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/oKybX/janmc7rm/tmyuz/oKg/5x231/i8hukzy/i8c/4oKxdd">Drought.CA.Gov</a>. Every Californian should take steps to conserve water. 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