It’s the CA red counties you’re talking about punishing here, they’re not responsible for the outrageous behavior of the Democrat state government. This needs to be taken care of to the extent possible without delay. Being suspicious of the state diverting federal aid to fund further moonbattery is not unfounded, so there’s a certain logic to federalizing emergency measures and repairs specific to the Oroville dam. However, returning to the Katrina comparison that keeps cropping up, I recall that the Army Corps of Engineers was wrongfully blamed for levee problems in the New Orleans area, so federalizing the matter creates a scapegoat. It needs to remain clear exactly whose problem this is and whose problem it remains, the state government of CA.