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Gavin Newsom: “We came out with specific numeric goals in that 2040 plan…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom Delivers Closing Remarks at Association of California Water Agencies Conference

Published | Video Starts at 13:20

We're losing it 10% we estimated of all our water supplies would be lost by 2040, just with the status quo ante. Hot's getting a lot hotter. And so We came out with specific numeric goals in that 2040 plan. Specific numeric targets for the first time. 9 million acre feet of new supply. It was a supply driven strategy. And it was also strategy very mindful that we had to be more aggressive about what was below the ground. (13:20–13:33)

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