<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330616"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330617"><div style="margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330618"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330619"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330620">From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330621">"Governor's Press Office" <<a href="mailto:govpressoffice@gov.ca.gov" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330622">govpressoffice@gov.ca.gov</a>></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330623"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 12px; 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margin-bottom: 15px; font-size: 20px; font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330675">Governor Brown Takes Action to Bolster Dam Safety and Repair Transportation and Water Infrastructure</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330676"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330677">SACRAMENTO –</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330678"> With extreme weather putting increasing stress on California’s roads, bridges and flood control system, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a series of immediate and longer-term actions to bolster dam safety, improve flood protection and fix the state’s aging transportation and water infrastructure.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330679"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330680"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330681">“Recent storms have pounded the state of California resulting in a dam spillway eroding, roads crumbling and levees failing,” said Governor Brown. “Our aging infrastructure is maxed-out. We can take some immediate actions – and we will – but going forward we’ll need billions more in investment.”</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330682"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330683"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330684"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330685"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330686">Water</span></strong></span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330687"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330688">Earlier this week – with a break in the weather and the situation in <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/msXyfK/nmc7r/sXgtmyuzja/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/2sXrek" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/msXyfK/nmc7r/sXgtmyuzja/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/2sXrek&source=gmail&ust=1488059862688000&usg=AFQjCNEvJ2NiVRTQEyaAEalnNQRZH4hotQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330689">Oroville</a> stabilizing – the Governor <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/eGyrT/c7rm/eGgtmyuzjanm/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/3eGyle" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/eGyrT/c7rm/eGgtmyuzjanm/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/3eGyle&source=gmail&ust=1488059862688000&usg=AFQjCNHGsx7uGIGhuRG0ndI6uf06N3co9w" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330690">visited the Incident Command Post</a> and surveyed the regional flood control system, including areas recently impacted by flooding. This followed the <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/janmc7rmdUyqH/myuz/dUgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/4dUhtb" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/janmc7rmdUyqH/myuz/dUgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/4dUhtb&source=gmail&ust=1488059862688000&usg=AFQjCNF4_yFQOLCLlmgWNlilkj9r6rPdNQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330691">state of emergency</a> the Governor declared and the presidential emergency declaration the Governor <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/janmc7rm0Ay0N/tmyuz/0Ag/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/50Anha" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/janmc7rm0Ay0N/tmyuz/0Ag/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/50Anha&source=gmail&ust=1488059862688000&usg=AFQjCNEJ4okJzVWC5r8zEr87R483spr-cw" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330692">secured</a> to bolster the state’s response. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330693"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330694"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330695">On the heels of these actions, the Governor today announced a four-point plan to bolster dam safety and flood protection:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330696"> </div><ol style="margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330697"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330698">Invest $437 million in near-term flood control and emergency response actions by <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/8Oy8B/janmc7rm/8Ogtmyuz/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/68Oqvp" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/8Oy8B/janmc7rm/8Ogtmyuz/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/68Oqvp&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNHU2C3QmLFkrP14XnS3laHUbhbdcA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330699">redirecting $50 million from the General Fund and requesting a $387 million Proposition 1 appropriation</a> from the Legislature as soon as possible.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330700">Require emergency action plans and flood inundation maps for all dams.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330701">Enhance California’s existing dam inspection program.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330702"><a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/y1Y/rm1L/mc7/gtmyuzjan/1L/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/71Lkjm" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/y1Y/rm1L/mc7/gtmyuzjan/1L/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/71Lkjm&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNG8QAvIPtCnEsNcEedELBBHjMN9YA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330703">Seek prompt regulatory action and increased funding</a> from the federal government to improve dam safety.</li></ol><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330704"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330705"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330706">Even with today’s action, California has nearly <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/yoD/myuzjanmc7rmbQ/bQgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/8bQajt" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/yoD/myuzjanmc7rmbQ/bQgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/8bQajt&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNGXEK2GWuHbyihfbxjMwLGMYNhe7Q" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330707">$50 billion</a> in unmet flood management infrastructure needs. To address these needs, the Administration will continue to work with the Legislature through the budget process on solutions, including potential changes to Proposition 218, which continues to prevent local government from fixing core infrastructure.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330708"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330709"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330710"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330711">Transportation</strong></span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330712"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330713">Recent storms have not just damaged the state’s flood control system; they have also hammered the state’s roads and bridges. During the storm season alone, Governor Brown’s emergency declarations have enabled the California Department of Transportation to begin more than $595 million in repairs to the state’s roads and bridges damaged by erosion, mud and rock slides, sink holes and flooding.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330714"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330715"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330716">Beyond the current storm season, California faces a broad array of transportation infrastructure challenges: <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rmcUypH/tmyuzj/cUg/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/9cUzjw" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rmcUypH/tmyuzj/cUg/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/9cUzjw&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNFW14zdcyTuPOQtpSv7YkfqLvCLPg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330717">$59 billion in deferred maintenance</a> on highways and <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rm8Hy8U/8Hgtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/18H/0qox" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rm8Hy8U/8Hgtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/18H/0qox&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNEa4i6z6kE0Ixszq6dpKd-NpHNuRQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330718">$78 billion</a> on local streets and roads. To fix these roads and bridges, Governor Brown and legislative leaders are currently working to meet the goal they set to complete a transportation funding package by <span data-term="goog_1486156515" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330719"><span style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330720">April 6</span></span>.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330721"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330722"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330723">Following up on his <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/m8Iy8V/janmc7r/myuz/8Igt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/118Izzp" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/m8Iy8V/janmc7r/myuz/8Igt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/118Izzp&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNHWP8t1iNLGxSJjg-wToH5lXbiwhA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330724">commitment to work with Washington, D.C.</a> to invest in California’s infrastructure, Governor Brown sent a letter to the President today <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/maMynZ/anmc7r/aMgtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/21aMoli" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/maMynZ/anmc7r/aMgtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/21aMoli&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNEni6Q4AWmxir8lxIK_dVrmdP5wrA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330725">seeking expedited environmental review</a> under <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/1Ay1N/anmc7rm/1Agtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/311Awtx" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/1Ay1N/anmc7rm/1Agtmyuzj/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/311Awtx&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNFE4TTMc3hZ97w48v2vaJRcP5EOlg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330726">Presidential Executive Order 13766</a>. This request covers 10 projects: nine high-priority transportation projects and reconstruction of the Oroville Dam spillways.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330727"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330728"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330729">Today’s request to the President includes projects on the <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rmyAylN/gtmyuzj/yA/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/1yA/4jta" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/anmc7rmyAylN/gtmyuzj/yA/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/1yA/4jta&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNH7c97vRp_ZlqTT-D1vP7FMg6VyiA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330730">initial list of 51 priority infrastructure projects, which California submitted to the federal government</a> earlier this month. The Brown Administration is reviewing additional projects to submit for expedited review.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330731"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330732"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330733">For additional information on the Governor’s four-point plan to bolster dam safety and flood protection, click <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/mc7rm0Wy0J/myuzjan/0Wgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/510Wqxz" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/mc7rm0Wy0J/myuzjan/0Wgt/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/510Wqxz&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNH0Vvc7uGijd8boWH7gfYLRLIvMoQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330734">here</a>. For more on California’s ongoing flood management, click <a href="http://cert1.mail-west.com/myRylE/tmyuzjanmc7r/yRg/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/61yRavl" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cert1.mail-west.com/myRylE/tmyuzjanmc7r/yRg/3c41/o9k/26sd/etgy/61yRavl&source=gmail&ust=1488059862689000&usg=AFQjCNH64ZJEV9lKYM4TA_6ovsrCKvov9g" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330735">here</a>.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330736"> </div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330737">###<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330738"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330739"> </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330740"><td width="650" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-size: 11px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330741"><span style="font-size: 14px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330742"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330743">Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.</b></span> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330744">State Capitol Building<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330745">Sacramento, CA 95814 </td></tr></tbody></table></center><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330746"></div></blockquote><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_330337"><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>