Gov. Jerry Brown Speaks To KCAL9′s Dave Bryan About State ‘Water War’

CBS LA ^ | 1/29/14 | newsteam

[Baynative]

BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA.com) — California’s ongoing drought is forcing Governor Jerry Brown to start a so-called “water war” between the north and the south.

The governor revealed Wednesday he’s prepared to move water from Southern California to drier areas of the state as conditions worsen.

Speaking exclusively to KCAL9 political reporter Dave Bryan outside an engagement in Beverly Hills, Brown said it could be necessary to implement drastic measures to alleviate communities at risk of running out of water.

[Baynative]

“The president called me today. He offered to do whatever he can do. He obviously can’t make it rain,” he said. “But there are some parts of California that are more privileged from the point of view of water availability than others. So we have systems. We can transfer it. But there are a lot of water rights, a lot of rules, so we’ve got to cut through that and make sure that those who need it most get the water to the extent we have it available.”

Whaddaya know, Obama even believes in redistributing water!

[Baynative]

But, they'll keep voting down desalination plants in order to please environmentalists.

[Steely Tom]

Never let a crisis go to waste Jerry!

[MeshugeMikey]

I may be mistaken here But I thought someone in California voted for de salinization plants and the plans were stalled due to some manner of interference..already.

[MeshugeMikey]

Jerrys plans may be subject to Divine Intervention

"Drizzle brings hope to thirsty California but does nothing to deter drought.

"last, rain! Measurable rain!

On Wednesday, for the first time in 53 days, the Bay Area rejoiced under gloomy skies and relished a bona fide ... drizzle.

Perhaps never before have so many Californians been so delighted to wake up to wet streets. Office workers in Sacramento cheered as big fat raindrops pelted their windows Wednesday afternoon. Sierra ski resorts celebrated the first hint of powder in weeks. And conservation-enthusiast Donna Dearinger eagerly checked the bounty in her rain barrels.

Drizzle down beats redistribution

[US_MilitaryRules]

I’m in commifornia. They gov will spend hundreds of billions on a boondoggle of a high speed train but do nothing about a drought situation. Why not spend the billions on desalination plants?

[az_gila]

I may be mistaken here But I thought someone in California voted for de salinization plants and the plans were stalled due to some manner of interference..already.

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Seems like one going, the second held up by tree (water?) huggers -

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/largest-desalination-plant-in-western-hemisphere-up-for-bond-deal-of-the-year-231505951.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-desalination-plant-california-beach-delayed-20131114,0,7969738.story#axzz2rthl52OK

[MeshugeMikey]

The signs at the protest meeting in Huntington Beach are about as honest as those of the OCCUPY “movement”

the I “Heart” sign ...was a hoot.

how about PEOPLE?

I guess desalinization isnt sharia compliant....

[blueunicorn6]

California has nice weather and beautiful scenery. The liberals love it. It also has millions of people. These people get in the way of the limousine liberals. The middle class in California need to leave so the actors can play on deserted beaches. Solitude is the new bling.

[Mastador1]

I’m in commifornia. They gov will spend hundreds of billions on a boondoggle of a high speed train but do nothing about a drought situation. Why not spend the billions on desalination plants?

Now what kind of legacy would desalination plants be? Not nearly as pretty and obvious as Bullet trains to nowhere anybody in their right mind wants to go. And besides that spending the money on desalination plants would be thoughtful, logical and fiscally sound, not one of these is in moonbeams resume!

[ifinnegan]

“He obviously can’t make it rain,”

So Brown is not a typical Barry supporter.

[absalom01]

Desalination is less the issue than releasing water from reservoirs so that a bait fish in the delta is happy.

If people understood how much water has been wasted to make “environmentalists” happy.

Per usual, Victor Hansen has been all over this for years; i’m sure it’s been posted, but I’m too lazy to look, so here’s a link to his excelllent City Journal article from 2011 : http://www.city-journal.org/2011/21_3_california-water.html

Anyway, thei thing is, while the drought is a real, natural event, the current water shortage is entirely man-made. The environmentalist wackos who created that shortage need to be held accountable.

The MSM won’t do it. It’s up to teh intarwebz to spread the word.

[MrEdd]

Yup. An entirely self made problem.

[MeshugeMikey]

amazingly enough it appears that they're Organized!

[G Larry]

Waiting for somebody to admit that damn fish that’s closed Central CA water, is NOT endangered.

[Polyxene]

“He obviously can’t make it rain”

Really? I thought The Obamanation WAS The Messiah and could do anything by just the wave of his hand! (sarc)

[pacpam]

Dump the high speed rail and put the money to building reverse osmosis plants! Why are they so dumb.

[Myrddin]

When I was growing up in Chula Vista, CA in the early 60's, we had a desalinization plant near the foot of L St on San Diego Bay. It is gone now. So is the South Bay Power Plant that provided the power to run it.

The desalinization concept was a good idea prior to March 11th, 2011. Build a big nuclear power plant and use the excess power to run the desalinization plant to provide fresh water. That approach is dead now. The Pacific ocean is full of radionuclides from the ongoing releases at Fukushima. The desalinization process can not remove the tritium, cesium 134/137, strontium 90 and plutonium from the water. There isn't an excess of power to run a desalinization plant either. It was a great idea whose time has passed.