Five years ago at the end of August, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on lives and property along the Gulf Coast. Almost immediately, the members of  California’s Reclamation Board voted to review all urban development plans proposed for Central Valley flood plains.  This was a rarely-used power given the Reclamation Board by state law. At the...Read More

We owe today’s opening quote to Brigadier General Scott F. “Rock” Donahue, commander of the South Pacific (Pacific Southwest) Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), who was in San Joaquin County this week to be briefed on county emergency services, flood protection, and integrated regional water management. Since two-thirds of the Delta...Read More