U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, along with U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren, are pushing for sustained federal investment in the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in California. The representatives have written a letter to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jaime A. Pinkham, requesting that the Army Corps of Engineers include funding for the project in its Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan and future budget requests. The Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project aims to protect communities in the Pajaro River Basin from flood damage, a region that has suffered severe flooding in the past.
If you are interested in the efforts of California’s U.S. Senators and Representatives to secure federal investment for flood risk management, click the link below. This article provides detailed information about their push for funding the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, an initiative that could protect numerous communities from potential flood damage.