text: Historic drought is backdrop for water bond vote - The San Diego Union-Tribune
  FILE -- In this Aug. 13, 2014 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown, flanked by Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, right, holds up the measure he signed to place a $7.5 billion water plan on the November ballot, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown and lawmakers are hoping California's drought persuades voters to approve billions of dollars for new water projects and conservation measures.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
  By SCOTT SMITH, FENIT NIRAPPIL Associated Press
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers are hoping California's worsening drought persuades voters to approve borrowing billions of dollars for new water projects, treatment systems and conservation measures.