Existing law adopts and authorizes, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources (department) or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (board) , a project for flood protection on the Sacramento River for the City of West Sacramento substantially in accordance with recommendations in a specified 1992 report by the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and as adopted and authorized by a specific act of the United States Congress in 1992.
This bill would approve and authorize the state, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to make funds available to plan, engineer, design, and construct a similar, but modified flood control project, as specified, that was adopted and approved by a specific act of the United States Congress in 2016 and is substantially in accordance with a specified 2015 report issued by the Chief of Engineers to further the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan objective to provide a minimum 200-year level of protection to the City of West Sacramento. In the absence of federal funding for the project, the bill would authorize the state or board, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to provide funding for the project, as specified. The bill would also authorize the department or board, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to fund other flood projects and improvements to achieve state flood risk reduction objectives for the City of West Sacramento.