Opinion
Water storage needed — but keep faith with Prop. 1
The Kern River flows through Hart Park near Bakersfield. (Photo: Richard ThorntonOPINION: The California Water Commission is currently evaluating 11 proposals that are competing for $2.7 billion of the Prop. 1 funds set aside for storage projects. In December, the applicants made their cases directly to the commissioners in Sacramento, describing their purported “public benefits” to satisfy Proposition 1’s funding requirements.