https://freerepublic.com/tag/ab1665/ en-us Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:54:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488714/posts SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he would consider supporting a voter-approved bond to help repair California's aging levee system. Hurricane Katrina's horrific damage and the subsequent levee break in New Orleans have focused attention on the Central Valley's century-old levees, which protect thousands of homes and millions of acres of prime farmland. A Record investigation in May found that in San Joaquin County alone, more than 30,000 new homes have been built or approved by local governments in flood-prone areas since 1997, when the last major flooding hit. In an interview Tuesday with The Record, the governor softened... Stockton Record https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488714/posts#comment Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:54:11 GMT