Latinos lead California's water plan charge

Latinos lead California's water plan charge
By Adrian Perez, Publisher, The Latino Journal

California’s Central Valley has been called the nation’s breadbasket, producing fruits, nuts and vegetables consumed by Americans and exported to nations throughout the world. This region’s agricultural activity is a key source for the state’s economic growth, and a major employer for the many Latinos who live or migrate to the region. All of this, however, is being threatened by a combination of natural and human-made laws that are pushing unemployment in this region close to 20 percent, with even farmers joining the large number of unemployed farm workers. Out of this crisis has evolved a unique, yet powerful coalition that has put Latinos at the forefront of a political power play on water, flanked by a Republican Governor and California farmers. More....