NO on Prop 3: Water Bond.

It is essential that California manage and develop water resources in ways that benefit the environment, and that the environmental focus emphasizes both conservation and use-appropriate high water quality standards. However, this bond is not the way to accomplish those goals.

While the League of Women Voters of California supports the use of long-term debt (bond measures) to finance capital projects, this measure has a number of fatal flaws, including:

• Shifting the cost for water from the end users to California taxpayers;
• Reducing state money available for other critical state programs like education, affordable housing, and healthcare;
• Failing to provide for adequate project oversight and financial accountability.