California Governor Jerry Brown and legislative leaders aren't calling for any mandatory water conservation in this fourth year of drought. Instead, they're offering emergency drought aid for a second straight year. As Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler reports, the state has yet to spend nearly half of last year's emergency drought money.
State Will Use Money, Not Mandatory Conservation Measures, To Ease Drought
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