CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Resolution
No. 62
Introduced by Senator Galgiani
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August 28, 2014 |
Relative to water storage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SR 62, as introduced, Galgiani.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, In 1935, the federal government authorized $12 million in the Rivers and Harbors Act for the construction of the Shasta Dam in Shasta County, California; and
WHEREAS, This authorization was followed by another $20 million in federal funds under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935; and
WHEREAS, One year later, in 1936, Congress appropriated another $6.9 million for the Shasta Dam project; and
WHEREAS, The San Luis Reservoir, a joint use facility in Merced County, California, was funded with a 45 percent match in federal funding; and
WHEREAS, Today, there are many proposed water storage projects that have been adequately studied and are ready for construction; and
WHEREAS, The Temperance Flat Dam in Madera County and Fresno County, California, the Sites Reservoir in Glenn County and Colusa County, California, expansion of the San Luis Reservoir, and raising of the Shasta Dam are four examples of projects that would greatly expand California’s water supply; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That when California has additional water storage, everybody wins, because more water is available for urban commercial and residential uses, more water is available for agricultural use, and more water is available to pump into rivers to aid in environmental restoration; and be it further
Resolved, That the Senate urges the Congress of the United States to help fund water storage projects in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.