California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a package oflegislation yesterday designed to strengthen the state's floodprotections with land-use plans and other requirements.
"California's Central Valley has thousands of miles of leveesprotecting millions of residents, and we expect millions more inthe coming decades," the governor said. "We want to make sure thetragedies of Hurricane Katrina do not happen here if there is anearthquake or other natural disaster."
The governor signed six bills into law, including Senate Bill 5by Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, which requires the Department ofWater Resources and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board toprepare and adopt a Central Valley Flood Protection Plan by2012.
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