California has secured $1 billion in federal funding to bolster water storage as 40 percent of the state grapples with drought, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) announced on Sept. 18.
Kiley called it “great news,” in a post on X.
California Secures $1 Billion in Federal Funds for Water Storage, Rep. Kiley Says
Forty percent of the state is grappling with drought.
Water is released on the main spillway at Lake Oroville in Oroville, Calif., on June 15, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.
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