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As the State’s Budget Work Gets Underway, Recent Weather Puts Spotlight on Water Infrastructure

/in , , /by /The Orange County Registerby Hanna Kang
As work gets underway on the state budget, the recent weather events in California — which left more than a dozen people dead and caused tens of thousands to evacuate their homes — have put a spotlight on the state of water infrastructure.

In the new budget proposal he recently announced, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed $202 million to go toward flood protection. The investments will be divided between urban flood risk reduction, delta levees and Central Valley flood protection, according to the plan.

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