“We have our aging infrastructure and it’s maxed out,” Brown said during a news conference at the state Capitol. The plan, largely an acceleration of existing plans to fund infrastructure needs, requires approval of the Legislature. In addition, Brown asked President Trump for expedited environmental review of a handful of repair projects, including fixes to the spillway system at the Oroville Dam. Those dollars would go primarily to providing new flood protection in the Central Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Even so, Brown admitted the new effort is only a small down payment on the state’s infrastructure to-do list.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 24, 2017 19:50 UTC