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Proposition 13 Official Title: Bond: Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, And Flood Protection Bond Act Bond Act Results YES 64.8% NO 35.2% Official election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money Who Signed the Ballot Arguments For More Information... Official Summary: This act provides for a bond issue of one billion nine hundred seventy million dollars ($1,970,000,000) to provide funds for a safe drinking water, water qualtiy, flood protection, and water reliability program. Appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds. Fiscal Impact: State cost of up to $3.4 billion over 25 years to pay off the principal ($1.97 billion) and the interest ($1.4 billion) costs on the bonds. Payments of about $135 million per year. Potential costs of an unkown amount to local governments to operate or maintain projects developed with these bond funds. Web Sites YES Californians for Clean, Safe, Reliable Water - Yes on Proposition 13   Association of California Water Agencies NO none Contact Information YES   Larry Sheingold Californians for Clean, Safe, Reliable Water - Yes on Proposition 13 1127 11th Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95814   (916) 484-3725 NO   Ted Brown Libertarian Party of California     (626) 614-0630   tebrown@earthlink.net Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   Governor Gray Davis Allan Zaremberg, President, California Chamber of Commerce Leslie Friedman Johnson, Water Program Director, The Nature Conservancy Larry McCarthy, President, California Taxpayers' Association Jim Costa, Chairman, Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee Michael J. Machado, Chairman, Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee       NO   Gail K. Lightfoot, Past Chair, Libertarian Party of California Dennis Schlumpf, Director, Tahoe City Public Utility District Ted Brown, Insurance Adjuster/Investigator Thomas Tryon, Calaveras County Supervisor For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Vote 2000 Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis   Original Bill Information and History   The California Journal Next Proposition

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