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I looked up “smarmy bureaucrat” in the dictionary,
and they had a picture of Bill Croyle there.

The engineering design repair plans will reveal the extent of difference between the existing state of the "fractured spillway" and what is needed to fix it, even if temporarily. Bill Croyle has a tough job where engineering information will guide forthcoming answers - even if it reveals points of criticism to DWR. Remember, the BOC's report had already contradicted a position he believed & stated prior. He does have a good side to his way of speaking....

= = Key insightful quotes to article: (emphasis mine)

Engineers expect to have this summer’s repair plans largely in place by early next week for the concrete spillway, said Bill Croyle, the acting director of the state Department of Water Resources.

“If I have anything to say about it, we’ll have a spillway to use by Nov. 1,” Croyle said, referring to the expected start of the next rainy season. “Whether that’s a permanent or temporary structure, it hasn’t yet been decided.”