Senate Environmental Quality Committee, Wednesday, March 18, 2026

California State Senate Committee on Environmental Quality · March 18, 2026

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SB 872 introduced: subsidence and Delta levee risk

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Senator McNerney presented SB 872, saying it directs $150 million/year each to address Central Valley subsidence that threatens state water-project conveyance and to bolster aging Delta levees; he framed the bill as bipartisan and multi‑sponsor and named two lead witnesses. He said potential aqueduct failure could affect roughly 27 million Californians and cited a fiscal exposure of roughly $22 billion in state assets.

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Hearing of the California State Senate Committee on Environmental Quality covering six bills: SB 872 (Delta levees/subsidence funding), SB 981 (CARB cost-of-living analysis), SB 887 (data-center CEQA/ELDP), SB 1008 (PUC at‑grade crossing exemption), SB 1035 (temporary suspension of some fuel taxes/programs), and SB 1039 (refinery fence‑line monitoring). Several bills advanced; some votes were held or put on call.

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