Schwarzenegger ponies up for water bond

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ballot campaign committee has contributed $200,000 to the campaign to pass the multibillion dollar water bond he signed last fall.

The bond, expected to appear on the November 2010 ballot, is hailed by supporters as an opportunity to rebuild the state’s aging water supply system. Opponents have called it pork-laden spending that the state cannot afford. The California Alliance for Jobs, a business and labor coalition, has already given $200,000 to the campaign; so has the California Conservation Action Fund, an environmental group.

-- Shane Goldmacher in Sacramento