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  2. California Reclamation Districts - Wikipedia

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    California Reclamation Districts are legal subdivisions within California's Central Valley that are responsible for managing and maintaining the levees, fresh water channels, or sloughs (pronounced slü), [1] canals, pumps, and other flood protection structures in the area. Each is run autonomously and is run by an elected board and funded with ...

  3. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

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    The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a United States federal law passed by the 99th United States Congress located at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S. Code, concerned with emergency response preparedness.

  4. Central Valley Project - Wikipedia

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    The California Reclamation Districts are the legal districts that manage the Central Valley's levees; California Water Districts; Ca. Dept. of Water Resources: Central Valley History; Chronology of Major Litigation Involving the CVP and SWP Archived March 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine

  5. California will provide levee funds to protect Corcoran from ...

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    The state of California is stepping in to contribute millions of dollars to raise the levee protecting the city of Corcoran and a pair of nearby state prisons from the ongoing flooding in the ...

  6. Flood Control Act of 1936 - Wikipedia

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    The only limitations on federal flood control projects were that the economic benefits had to exceed the costs, and local interests had to meet the ABC requirements [2] for local projects. Since 1936, Congress has authorized the Corps of Engineers to construct hundreds of miles of levees, flood walls, and channel improvements and approximately ...

  7. California Contractors State License Board - Wikipedia

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    The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) follows a long history of consumer protection and licensing in California. Consumer protection began in 1876 when California passed the Medical Practice Act which would use licensing to combat completely unregulated medical practice.

  8. These 11 California counties are most at risk for wildfires ...

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    In 2023, a total of 7,127 wildfires burned across California, according to data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. As a result of those fires, 324, 917 acres burned ...

  9. Thousands evacuated as levee breaks as storms sweep California

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