House Reignites California Water Wars

The House by a lopsided margin passed a massive water resources development bill Thursday that includes newly added provisions for California water storage projects and permits additional water to be sent south of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to Central Valley farmland. The 360-61 vote moved the measure to the Senate, where Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has vowed to derail it on Friday, what may be the last day Congress is in session. Reps. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village and Steve Knight, R-Lancaster, voted for it. Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, voted against it.