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COMPREHENSIVE WATER PACKAGE WILL HELP ADDRESS CALIFORNIA’S WATER CRISIS AND ENSURE RELIABLE SUPPLY OF WATER

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>> Recently, state lawmakers passed a comprehensive, responsible plan to meet California's growing water challenges. The water package, which represents decades of hard work, takes major steps toward ensuring a reliable water supply for future generations, promotes water conservation and improves drinking water quality, and takes critical action to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which supplies water to millions of California homes, farms and businesses. It is critical that voters approve the statewide water bond that is part of this package in November 2010. Read More.

Investing in Infrastructure
Part of the Solution to State's Budget Woes

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>> As California lawmakers struggle to make the deep cuts necessary to deal with a $24 billion budget deficit, they should also look at ways to stimulate the economy to bring in more revenues to pay for critical services. Investing in roads, water systems and mass transit can help jumpstart our economy NOW and generate much needed tax revenues for our state. We can help pull ourselves out of this economic hole by doing more digging – in infrastructure projects.

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Public Private Partnerships Could Help Stretch
Transportation Dollars:
California needs to look at new and innovative ways to finance transportation infrastructure. Public Private Partnerships -- combining public and private money to build things like toll roads and high-speed passenger rail -- is a good place to look to stretch transportation dollars.

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The Special Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Ally tells the full story of the California Alliance for Jobs. Order your free copy today.

High-Speed Rail Funding: Californians and the federal goverment have approved funding that will usher in a new era of safe, convenient and environmentally-friendly transportation and will also stimulate jobs and economic growth. Read More.