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They see the purchase as part of a water grab to send more water to Los Angeles through Gov. Jerry Brown’s $15.5 billion twin tunnels plan, at the expense of fish and wildlife. Either way, some 20,000 acres of island is moving toward a change of ownership that is stirring up waves in California’s water politics.

After months of negotiations, the Metropolitan Water District board authorized its general manager Tuesday to enter into a contract to buy the islands from the privately owned Delta Wetlands Properties. The deal, valued at some $200 million, is expected to wrap up soon.

Water from the rain-swollen Sacramento River is spilling over a 33.5-foot-high concrete wall and into a bypass built to divert flood water.

NOAA hydrologist Robert Hartman said Sunday the overflow is expected to reach a depth of three feet on Tuesday then start receding. It’s the first time water has spilled over the so-called Fremont Weir crest and into the Yolo bypass since 2012. The nearly 2-mile-long concrete wall is located about 8 miles northeast of Woodland.

Sunday’s storms brought more rain to Northern California, but they also helped the state hit a key milestone in its efforts to recover from the historic four-year drought.

Shasta Lake, the largest reservoir in California and a critical source of water for Central Valley farms and cities from the Bay Area to Bakersfield, reached 100 percent of its historic average Sunday as billions of gallons continued to pour in from drenching downpours. The 21-mile-long reservoir, north of Redding, holds enough water when full for the needs of 23 million people for a year.

Ripping a page out of the playbook the Los Angeles Water & Power Department used to desecrate the Owens Valley to try and quench its insatiable thirst for water, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is buying up land in San Joaquin County.

The deal for five Delta islands — Webb Tract, Bacon Island, Bouldin, part of Chipps Island and most of Holland Tract — could line the pockets of Swiss mega-corporation Zurich Insurance Group with as much as $240 million.