[env-trinity] Chronicle-Willie Brown: Drought will force Jerry Brown to put hold on delta tunnels Willie Brown

[Tom Stokely]

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Drought will force Jerry Brown to put hold on delta tunnels
Willie Brown
Published 5:16 pm, Saturday, January 18, 2014
	* Former Mayor Willie Brown poses for a portrait at his apartment in the St. Regis Hotel on Thursday July 31, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. Photo: Mike Kepka, The ChronicleWhat is it about Jerry Brown? Every time he's governor, we have a drought. I don't know if there's a divine connection, but I do think this latest drought will force Brown to put a yearlong hold (at least) on his plan for those big delta tunnels that would ship Northern California water to the southland.
Sharing is something you do in a time of abundance. You really don't want to be in a position of telling one part of the state it has to share water when there's a shortage.
Especially when it's in an election year and your approval rating is at 46 percent.
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Longtime East Bay Rep. George Miller's announcement that he is retiring from Congress did not come as a surprise.
Miller has been at it for 40 years, and being in Congress is not nearly as much fun as it once was. Your privacy vanishes, and everything you say goes under the microscope and is often misinterpreted.
Plus, like a lot of senior Democrats, Miller knows what it's like to have had majority clout in Congress. The idea of slogging on in the minority just isn't that appealing.
It's tough going from being a power in the halls to just walking through them.
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