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Federal, state, and local governments all interact with reclamation districts. In states like California the districts can operate under their own authority. The California Reclamation Districts occupy mostly the Central Valley area that drains into the San Francisco Bay.
A reclamation district represents former wetlands that were drained for agriculture. The reclamation districts were created by acts of State Legislature, mostly in the early 1900s in order to allow land to be used for agriculture. For example, Reclamation District No. 1000 was created on April 8, 1911. [4]
On November 25, 1914, Reclamation District 1607 was established to handle drainage, irrigation, and levee maintenance. [2] The island was subdivided into several parcels, upon which landowners pay assessments to fund District operations. [3] The district is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees, elected by the landowners to serve 4-year ...
Grizzly Bay, in which Joice Island is located, is part of Suisun Bay, itself a part of San Francisco Bay. [2] It is part of Solano County, and partially administered by Reclamation District 2141. [3] It is bordered on the east by Montezuma Slough, on the south by Morrow Island, on the west by Suisun Slough, and on the north by Cutoff Slough. [1]
Morrow Island is a small island located off the shore of Grizzly Bay (part of Suisun Bay) in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. [2] It is part of Solano County, California, [3] and partially administered by Reclamation District 2138. [4]
United States Bureau of Reclamation: 1939: ... City and County of San Francisco: 1925: ... Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District: 1958:
In San Francisco, there is an eleven-member Board of Supervisors, [10] but the executive branch of the government is headed by an elected mayor, department heads are responsible to the mayor, and there is both a city police department and a county sheriff, the latter mostly responsible for operating the county jail and for most jail bookings ...
At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island, [8] and is labeled as such on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold [9] as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. [10]