Who was the one senator that did not roll?
I'll check the votes out shortly..
Jeff Denham was the only "NO" vote on the flood control bill.
http://republican.sen.ca.gov/news/12/pressrelease3893.asp
State Senator Jeff Denham (R-Merced) cast the only "NO" vote in the Senate late last night against a short-sighted, inadequate flood control bond that does not address the critical needs of the Central Valley.
"A bond package of this magnitude without water storage will ensure that the San Joaquin Valley remains the most impoverished region in America. The responsibility for the economic and public health disaster that will certainly befall the poorest of the poor as a result of this action falls squarely on the shoulders of the Legislature. History, in short order, will hold them accountable,” said Fresno Mayor Alan Autry. “I commend Senator Jeff Denham for recognizing that this bond package without water will not only create insurmountable challenges on this generation, but will surely betray the future of our children and grandchildren. His courage to stand up for the Valley in the face of immense political pressure is truly extraordinary. I can't thank him enough.”
AB 140 is a $4.09 billion bond measure for levee repairs in the Delta, Sacramento and north of Sacramento, but it does not contain any funding for surface water storage that Denham, Autry and other Valley leaders have been fighting for.
“While I certainly support shoring-up the levees up North, I believe a true and complete water and flood protection bond includes building a dam that will protect cities in my district,” said Denham. “Flood control measures needed for Madera, Merced and Stanislaus Counties are absent from this bond. This bond leaves the Central Valley up a creek without a paddle.”
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