article_snippet.sent: As Gov. Brown stood in a brown meadow that's normally blanketed in snow, Gov. Brown ordered sweeping, unprecedented measures to save water in California.
article_snippet.sent: Early last year, Gov. Jerry Brown called for a 20 percent voluntary cutback, but California achieved just half of that.
article_snippet.sent: In 1977, Gov. Jerry Brown asked for a voluntary 25 percent cut in water use during Gov. Jerry Brown first term as governor.
article_snippet.sent: Gov. Jerry Brown executive order on Wednesday directed officials to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions and expand programs intended to reshape how Californians use water.
article_snippet.sent: We have to pull together and save water in every way We can,' Brown said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gov. Brown ordered sweeping, unprecedented measures to save water in the California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday .
  