California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a package of legislation yesterday designed to strengthen the state's flood protections with land-use plans and other requirements.
"California's Central Valley has thousands of miles of levees protecting millions of residents, and we expect millions more in the coming decades," the governor said. "We want to make sure the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina do not happen here if there is an earthquake or other natural disaster."
The governor signed six bills into law, including Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, which requires the Department of Water Resources and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board to prepare and adopt a Central Valley Flood Protection Plan by 2012.
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