Jelena Jezdimirovic is a research associate at the PPIC Water Policy Center. She works on data collection, analysis and visualization. During her undergraduate studies she served as a research intern at the National Priorities Project and spent summers working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Ellen Hanak is director of the PPIC Water Policy Center and a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Under her leadership, the center has become a critical source of information and guidance for natural resource management in California. She has authored dozens of reports, articles and books on water policy, including “Managing California’s Water.” https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/jelena-jezdimirovic-and-ellen-hanak/rss en Economics Law & Policy Management & Supply Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:09:45 +0000 Jelena Jezdimirovic and Ellen Hanak https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/06/24/how-is-california-spending-the-water-bond https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/06/24/how-is-california-spending-the-water-bond In 2014, California voters passed a $7.5 billion water bond – nearly 80 percent of which has now been appropriated. Here’s a look at where that money is going, and which key areas are yet to have funds awarded.