[leakinInTheBlueSea]

I have a beef with that graphic circulating... it places the responsibility for the failure with federal regulators by misrepresenting the facts. The federal regulators did NOT reject improvements to the eSpillway, the refused to require the state to do so as a condition of re-licensing. The federal regulator does did not prevent the CA DWR from making improvements or from performing other necessary improvements, repairs, and maintenance. They left CA to prioritize infrastructure spending as they saw fit, letting CA prioritizing spending at the Oroville damn as they saw fit, given other spending priorities... CA just chose unwisely.

[leakinInTheBlueSea]

Dam poor spelling.

[metmom]

OK.

I’m sure you are correct.

However, I thought that it was a good graphic to show what was going on.

I searched quite a bit and could not find any news clips that showed the whole set up.

[WayneLusvardi]

The federal government only has jurisdiction for licensing the hydroelectric power house not the entire dam. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses the hydropower facility not state dams for safety. California has its own division of dam safety. .

[exDemMom]

CA just chose unwisely.

I think you should not underestimate the value of illegal aliens for propping up the liberal base. Their welfare and health care costs a lot, you know. Plus, there is that train to nowhere project--CA absolutely cannot spend on silly things like infrastructure repairs when a bullet train is at stake. /s