Jason Campbell, executive director, told the board on the agency’s November agenda that a federal continuing resolution is in place and that the U.S. House Energy and Water Development bill includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan that could benefit the Natomas Basin project.

"Finally we have a continuing resolution," Campbell said, adding the House measure "identifies that the work plan for the Corps of Engineers is included" and that, if maintained, the board could see money for Natomas in fiscal 2026 or fiscal 2027. He said the Senate had not yet adopted a corresponding bill.

Campbell said he will travel to Washington, D.C., Dec. 1–4 to meet with committee members and Corps headquarters to press for the project. He emphasized that Natomas Basin is currently the only project the agency has in operation that will need additional funding in the foreseeable future.

At the meeting, Mary Catherine asked that it be placed on the record that Item 4 involves Natomas Levee improvement projects and a land swap that has been worked out with the Natomas Habitat Basin Conservancy; she said she had discussed the matter with the executive director and expressed no concern about the arrangement.

Why it matters: The Corps work plan and federal appropriations determine whether and when locally led flood and basin projects receive construction or preconstruction funding. Agency staff plan to pursue federal support in meetings with congressional committees and Corps officials.

The meeting did not include a detailed funding breakdown or a formal vote about new project dollars; Campbell said the timing depends on whether the Corps work plan language remains in final federal legislation.