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Policy and a Pint: How You Gonna Vote on the Environment? Proposition 3
Election 2018 is in full swing -- and now is the time to start figuring out how you're going to vote!
Our Fall 2018 "Policy and a Pints" are focusing on California's General Election ballot. We're holding discussions with panelists who, whether they are "for, " against" or "neutral," will give us the straight talk on local/statewide propositions and races, and what it means if you vote yay or nay on each.
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In this podcast, we're talking about Proposition 3, the "Water Bond," about authorizing $8.87 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure, supplies and storage, and watershed and fisheries improvements.
PANELISTS
* Gerald Meral, director of the California water program at the Natural Heritage Institute, and author of Proposition 3
* Eric Parfrey, chairman of the executive committee of Sierra Club California
PODCAST PLAY-BY-PLAY
* O to 5:35 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers, and what this discussion is about
* 5:35 min - Panelists introduce themselves -- and talk about their favorite body of water in California
* 9:15 min - Meral explains why he put Proposition 3 on the ballot
* 11:30 min - Parfrey explains why the Sierra Club -- and many major newspapers' editorial boards -- are against Proposition 3
* 16:45 min - Wait, didn't we pass a water bond back in June? How does Proposition 3 differ from that one?
* 21:30 min - The "pay to play" factor for who benefits most from Proposition 3
* 25:55 min - Financial accountability and transparency: Who's in charge of spending the funding if Prop 3 passes?
* 28:55 min - Which specific regions and individual local governments would have the most water projects in their areas, and what's the financial impact to them?
* 37:50 min - What's the alternative to Proposition 3?
* 44:20 min - Is there a rural/urban, red-state/blue-state factor to whether people support or oppose Proposition 3?
* 50:55 min - Status update of Proposition 1, the $7 billion water bond we passed 4 years ago -- is another water bond really necessary right now?
* 56:25 min - How to guarantee that the money earmarked for cleaning up the water supply in Central Valley towns goes where it's supposed to
* 1 hr, 20 sec - Panelists explain what will happen if Proposition 3 passes/doesn't pass
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Election 2018 is in full swing -- and now is the time to start figuring out how you're going to vote!
Our Fall 2018 "Policy and a Pints" are focusing on California's General Election ballot. We're holding discussions with panelists who, whether they are "for, " against" or "neutral," will give us the straight talk on local/statewide propositions and races, and what it means if you vote yay or nay on each.
* * * * *
In this podcast, we're talking about Proposition 3, the "Water Bond," about authorizing $8.87 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure, supplies and storage, and watershed and fisheries improvements.
PANELISTS
* Gerald Meral, director of the California water program at the Natural Heritage Institute, and author of Proposition 3
* Eric Parfrey, chairman of the executive committee of Sierra Club California
PODCAST PLAY-BY-PLAY
* O to 5:35 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers, and what this discussion is about
* 5:35 min - Panelists introduce themselves -- and talk about their favorite body of water in California
* 9:15 min - Meral explains why he put Proposition 3 on the ballot
* 11:30 min - Parfrey explains why the Sierra Club -- and many major newspapers' editorial boards -- are against Proposition 3
* 16:45 min - Wait, didn't we pass a water bond back in June? How does Proposition 3 differ from that one?
* 21:30 min - The "pay to play" factor for who benefits most from Proposition 3
* 25:55 min - Financial accountability and transparency: Who's in charge of spending the funding if Prop 3 passes?
* 28:55 min - Which specific regions and individual local governments would have the most water projects in their areas, and what's the financial impact to them?
* 37:50 min - What's the alternative to Proposition 3?
* 44:20 min - Is there a rural/urban, red-state/blue-state factor to whether people support or oppose Proposition 3?
* 50:55 min - Status update of Proposition 1, the $7 billion water bond we passed 4 years ago -- is another water bond really necessary right now?
* 56:25 min - How to guarantee that the money earmarked for cleaning up the water supply in Central Valley towns goes where it's supposed to
* 1 hr, 20 sec - Panelists explain what will happen if Proposition 3 passes/doesn't pass