Levees

The Strategic Growth Plan levee proposal authorizes the placement of a $4.09 billion general obligation bond to repair and maintain levees and improve the flood control systems in the state on the November 2006 ballot.

Highlights

• Evaluation, Repair and Delta Levee Maintenance: $3 billion
  • 40-50 percent of Los Angeles' drinking water comes from the Delta. A levee break would severely impact the region's drinking supplies.
  • Will fund urgent repairs and essential improvements of levees and other flood control facilities in the Central Valley and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
  • Funds will also leverage federal and local dollars to fund flood prevention projects and improve disaster preparedness.
  • Bond funds will be used for programs such as:
    • Evaluation and repair of the State/federal flood control system, addressing ongoing erosion, seepage, and stability distress.
    • Modifications and improvements to increase flood protection for urban areas, such as Folsom Dam modifications, American River Common features, South Sacramento streams and other projects.
    • Ongoing local assistance for Delta Levee Subventions and special flood control projects to reduce the risk of Delta levee failure.
• Flood Control Subventions: $500 Million
  • Will help pay the state's share of flood control projects outside the Central Valley. Currently, the State owes approximately $160 million to projects that are already underway or have been completed. Bond funding, combined with other funding mechanisms, would cover anticipated subvention payments for the next 10 years.
• Flood Protection Corridor, Bypasses and Mapping: $290 million
  • Could be used for:
    • Creation of new levees, and the construction and preservation of setback levees, flood corridors, and bypasses.
    • Completion of flood hazard and alluvial fan floodplain mapping necessary for proper flood infrastructure investments.
• Storm Water Flood Management: $300 Million
  • Will provide grants to local entities to cost share storm water runoff projects, consistent with an integrated regional water management plan.
  • Projects in the State Plan of Flood Control are not eligible for these funds.

  Flood control and levee repair Program / Total Funding

  • Evaluation, Repair and Levee Maintenance: $3 billion
  • Flood Control Subventions: $500 Million
  • Flood Protection Corridor, Bypasses and Mapping: $290 million
  • Storm Water Flood Management: $300 million
  • Total ($ in billions) - $4.09