The governor eliminated $40 million for restoring floodplains, halting projects that help protect vulnerable, disadvantaged communities like Stockton. San Joaquin Valley legislators are pushing back.
Walker Slough and the East San Joaquin River Levee in Stockton on March 25, 2023. These low-income neighborhoods could flood as water backs up from the San Joaquin River. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
When floodplains like these are allowed to fill with water, they can reduce flooding impacts elsewhere along the river, so the project could protect communities downstream, including Stockton, which is highly vulnerable to flooding.But in January, the money disappeared. San Joaquin Valley lawmakers of both parties and local leaders say Newsom’s budget cut could endanger their communities, and that it signals a disparity in how the state distributes funding for flood protection. San Joaquin Valley communities vulnerable to flooding are largely home to underserved, low-income Latinos.
inequality in how the state distributes assistance. Gray and several lawmakers said the Central Valley’s low-income, disadvantaged communities often get cut first. It’s unclear what effect the funding cut will have on future flooding in Stockton and the rest of the San Joaquin Valley. But Rentner said if the dairy farm project had gone as planned, the land could have been partially restored already, absorbing floodwaters and potentially lessening impacts along the river in Stockton.and signed into law in the budget this summer.
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