Audit: US misuses taxpayer cash for California water project
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " The U.S. Interior Department improperly contributed tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help California and politically powerful state water districts plan for a massive project to ship the state's water from north to south, a new federal audit said Friday.Federal officials contributed $85 million to help finance the water districts' plan, backed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, to build two giant water tunnels to re-engineer the state's water system, [...]
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