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Senate committee hears support for bill to fund Delta levee and State Water Project repairs
Summary
Supporters told the Senate Appropriations Committee that SB 872 would create a fund to address aging Delta levees and subsiding State Water Project canals, arguing that investment now would protect drinking water for millions and avert far larger emergency costs later.
Senator Mark McNerney asked the Senate Committee on Appropriations to place SB 872 on the suspense file after presenting the bill as a targeted response to failing Delta levees and subsiding State Water Project canals. "Water is basically a human right," McNerney said, and he described the bill as creating a fund that, upon appropriation, would direct $300,000,000 a year for 20 years toward levee and canal repairs, with the authority to accept general, special, greenhouse-gas reduction and bond funds.
Morgan Snyder, director of policy and programs at Restore the Delta, testified in support and urged the committee to fund levee…
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