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  • CA: Schwarzenegger's new levee board shows its pro-developer tilt

    05/10/2006 8:57:40 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 273+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 5/10/06 | Dan Walters
    Last year - on Sept. 16, to be precise - the state Reclamation Board, a relatively obscure state agency that oversees flood protection levees, approved a potentially far-reaching policy to intercede when local governments and developers propose residential subdivisions behind levees designed to protect farmland. Spurred by the devastation of New Orleans when levees failed during Hurricane Katrina and an appellate court decision declaring the state liable for damages from levee failures in California, the board activated powers that it had long held under state law, but rarely exercised, to review developments behind levees for flood safety. "I believe if...
  • CA: Schwarzenegger Fires Flood Control Panel

    09/28/2005 8:57:20 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 598+ views
    LA Times ^ | 9/27/05 | Nancy Vogel
    SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday fired all six members of the state Reclamation Board, an agency that oversees flood control along California's two biggest rivers and had recently become more aggressive about slowing development on flood plains. The Republican governor replaced the members — who serve indefinite terms at the governor's pleasure — with seven of his own appointees, most with ties to agriculture and the engineering profession. One board seat had been vacant since spring. Five of the fired members had been appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, and one had first been appointed by Gov....