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PROPOSITION 84, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Act, passed by California voters in November 2006. Administered by DWR, the Proposition 84 includes funding for the IRWM Grant Program. [3] These programs and funding have initiated Integrated Plans in most regions of the state.
As of now, the only possible source of additional funding is $90 million derived from funds of Proposition 84 but these funds are assigned to be utilized for the development and design of sustainable communities in general. Because SB 375 requires constant and continual funding, this funding is unlikely to be enough in financing the long-term ...
In 2006, voters passed Proposition 84, with some of the funding appropriated to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy for safe water supply and quality, flood control, park improvements and natural resource protection. Later voter initiatives, Proposition 1 and Proposition 68, provided additional funding for various conservation efforts.
May 25 - Proposition 9 ban on nuclear development will endanger CVP says California Water Resources Association [420] Aug 10 - $4.9 million CVP contract for 25 of 188 mile long San Luis drain awarded [421] Dec 7 - GAO study says big landowners received $1.5 billion CVP water subsidy [422] 1973 - legislation funds new Delta levees [423]
What to know about California's Proposition 4, the proposed $10 billion climate bond that would pay for climate and environmental projects.
The department was created in 1956 by Governor Goodwin Knight following severe flooding across Northern California in 1955, where they combined the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Public Works with the State Engineer's Office, the Water Project Authority, and the State Water Resources Board. [1] It is headquartered in ...
The Department of Water Resources formed the State-Federal Interagency Task Force with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers to develop plans for developing the rivers in the name of flood control – which would, incidentally, provide a way to divert some of their water into the SWP system. [50]
Before 1989, the only time the NFL played on Christmas was a pair of playoff games in 1971. The NFL adjusted its schedule when Christmas fell on a Sunday to avoid holding games on that day.