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Take Two

California drought gets political

By Take Two Staff
Published Apr 10, 2014
"While the state's agricultural industry has national importance, it represents a very modest portion of the state's gross product and employment," says a new report by Moody's.
The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada Mountains, which carry less snow than normal, to major urban areas of southern California on May 9, 2008 near Lone Pine, California.
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California drought gets political

KPCC Reporter Kitty Felde helped investigate lobbying efforts from California's (and the country's) largest agricultural water district. How much did they spend, even as most other lobbying decreased? Spoiler alert: a lot. And it may be working for them.

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