Commentary: Two dams would suck the water bond dry
Spurned dam projects are called vampires because they so often rise from the dead. The term perfectly fits two hoary, misguided proposals under consideration in California as a result of passage of Proposition 1, the 2014 bond measure that set aside $2.7 billion for new water storage.
In May, the California Water Commission will begin to choose among 11 projects that have applied for the funding, including the undead dams.
The biggest boondoggle before the commission is Temperance Flat, the latest iteration of a six-decade-old project that would add
