Good evening. Im spencer michaels. Welcome to this week in northern california. Joining me tonight, marisa lagos, San Francisco chronicle, city hall reporter. Hari sreenivasan, Senior Correspondent for the pbs news hour. Lauren sommer, science and environment reporter. And josh richman, Bay Area News Group political reporter. Josh, lets start with you. All of a sudden it seems like california, which was in the depths, is now rolling in money. And theres more taxes, weve passed proposition 30. I cant believe theres that much of a turnaround. Is there . Well, there is a turnaround. I wouldnt say were rolling in money. Ive never seen a state so happy to a 1. 9 billion deficit over the next year and a half. Thats basically where were at. Now, you have to look at that deficit, even though its the size of wyomings entire budget, in the context of a 42 billion deficit and 6 billion deficit, weve worn it down over time. With the passage of prop 30 last week, we have money coming in for the nex
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Earlier today, governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency. Were facing perhaps the worst drought that california has ever seen since records began being kept about 100 years ago. 2013 was the driest year on record in california. And forecasters dont see much rain on the horizon. Joining me now to discuss the impact of this are, heather cooley, codirector of the pacific institutes water program. Chris brown, executive director of the california urban Water Conservation council. And lauren sommer, kqed science reporter. What does the drought declaration trigger on a statewide level and does it affect federal aid for california at all . Today was largely political. Its no secret its been incredibly dry. California is in a drought. Sending a signal, saying were going to have to conserve and things are going to get tougher. He did set out a few things, making water transfers a little easier. So people who have excess water can sell it to people
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Earlier today, governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency. Were facing perhaps the worst drought that california has ever seen since records began being kept about 100 years ago. 2013 was the driest year on record in california. And forecasters dont see much rain on the horizon. Joining me now to discuss the impact of this are, heather cooley, codirector of the pacific institutes water program. Chris brown, executive director of the california urban Water Conservation council. And lauren sommer, kqed science reporter. What does the drought declaration trigger on a statewide level and does it affect federal aid for california at all . Today was largely political. Its no secret its been incredibly dry. California is in a drought. Sending a signal, saying were going to have to conserve and things are going to get tougher. He did set out a few things, making water transfers a little easier. So people who have excess water can sell it to people
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Earlier today, governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency. Were facing perhaps the worst drought that california has ever seen since records began being kept about 100 years ago. 2013 was the driest year on record in california. And forecasters dont see much rain on the horizon. Joining me now to discuss the impact of this are, heather cooley, codirector of the pacific institutes water program. Chris brown, executive director of the california urban Water Conservation council. And lauren sommer, kqed science reporter. What does the drought declaration trigger on a statewide level and does it affect federal aid for california at all . Today was largely political. Its no secret its been incredibly dry. California is in a drought. Sending a signal, saying were going to have to conserve and things are going to get tougher. He did set out a few things, making water transfers a little easier. So people who have excess water can sell it to people
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Earlier today, governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency. Were facing perhaps the worst drought that california has ever seen since records began being kept about 100 years ago. 2013 was the driest year on record in california. And forecasters dont see much rain on the horizon. Joining me now to discuss the impact of this are, heather cooley, codirector of the pacific institutes water program. Chris brown, executive director of the california urban Water Conservation council. And lauren sommer, kqed science reporter. What does the drought declaration trigger on a statewide level and does it affect federal aid for california at all . Today was largely political. Its no secret its been incredibly dry. California is in a drought. Sending a signal, saying were going to have to conserve and things are going to get tougher. He did set out a few things, making water transfers a little easier. So people who have excess water can sell it to people