Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

Gov. Jerry Brown and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, of San Diego return to Brown's office after a news conference where he and other Legislative leaders unveiled a proposed $1 billion package of emergency drought-relief legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 19, 2015. The proposal accelerates spending already approved by voters for water and flood projects. It includes money for emergency drinking water, food aid for the hardest-hit counties, fish and wildlife protections and groundwater management.

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Gov. Jerry Brown and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, of San Diego return to Brown's office after a news conference where he and other Legislative leaders unveiled a proposed $1 billion package of emergency drought-relief legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 19, 2015. The proposal accelerates spending already approved by voters for water and flood projects. It includes money for emergency drinking water, food aid for the hardest-hit counties, fish and wildlife protections and groundwater management.