This issue of the Friday Review does not contain articles regarding water legislation.  The Governor
has called an extraordinary session of the Legislature for the purposes of discussing the following:

1.      To consider and act upon legislation to protect and restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while also improving the reliability and quality of water supplies from that estuary.  

2.      To consider and act upon legislation to address the short term and long term improvement of California’s water management system including development of new surface and groundwater storage and improved conveyance facilities, ecosystem health and conservation strategies.

3.      To consider and act upon legislation to appropriate funds, including appropriations for general obligation and lease revenue bonds, to improve water resource management, build additional water storage facilities, develop groundwater aquifers, improve groundwater quality and flood protection, and restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and other important ecosystem restoration projects.

4.      To consider and act upon legislation to place a general obligation bond and, as necessary, a lease revenue bond on the ballot.

We will report the outcome of the discussions following the extraordinary session of the Legislature scheduled for October 14 and 15.