Assemblywoman Nicole Parra Links Budget Vote to Water Bond

Unless you are living under a rock in California you are aware of the budget standoff. It appears as though is only going to get closer to a crisis.

Part of California's budget problems come from the two thirds requirement to pass a budget. Maybe it has been around too long. It gives a lot of power to parties and interests that want to obstruct the process.

One example of this is coming from term limited legislator, Nicole Parra (D-Bakersfield), according to the Fresno Bee is tying her support for the budget with a water bond for the Central Valley.

Assembly Member Nicole Parra could once again be in some trouble with fellow Democrats -- this time over a suggestion that she won't vote for the state budget unless lawmakers approve a water bond.

In a recent letter to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Parra issues what appears to be a stark ultimatum:

"I simply cannot support a budget without a solution to the Central Valley's water supply," the Hanford lawmaker said in a July 29 letter obtained by The Bee. "A vote on a budget that adequately reflects our state's priorities is only half honest, unless we are simultaneously addressing the issue of water supply."

She "respectfully" asks in the letter that the Assembly "place a water bond on the November ballot."