California State 2006 -Proposition 1E Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act

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Official Summary, Pros and Cons

This act rebuilds and repairs California’s most vulnerable flood control
structures to protect homes and prevent loss of life from flood-related
disasters, including levee failures, flash floods, and mudslides; it protects California’s drinking water supply system by rebuilding delta levees that are vulnerable to earthquakes and storms; by authorizing a $4.09
billion dollar bond act. Fiscal Impact: State costs of approximately $8
billion over 30 years to repay bonds. Reduction in local property tax
revenues of potentially up to several million dollars annually. Additional
unknown state and local operations and maintenance costs.

Proposition 1E Summary
(Source: Official CA State Voter Information Guide)

Proposition 1E Analysis
(Source: Official CA State Voter Information Guide)

Proposition 1E Arguments & Rebuttals
(Source: Official CA State Voter Information Guide)

A YES vote on this measure means: The state could sell about $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds to fund flood management projects, including
repairs and improvements to levees, weirs, bypasses, and other flood control facilities throughout the state.

A NO vote on this measure means: The state could not sell about $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds for these purposes.

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Other Resources

Follow the Money (for and against this proposition)
To find the information, first click on a "Committee Name" link,
and then select the radio button "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received."

Organizations & individuals FOR Proposition 1E

The Rebuild CA Plan

Organizations & Individuals AGAINST Proposition 1E

California Taxpayer Protection Committee
(No on 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, and 84)

Selected Articles, Editorials, Opinions, Reports

Campaign 2006: Levee measure seeks to prevent a local Katrina
Sac Bee, by Matt Weiser
October 15, 2006

Proposition 1E a necessary start for improving aging state levees
The Mercury News, by Mike Taugher
October 5, 2006

Analysis of California’s Propositions 1E and 84:
Funding the State’s Water and Flood Control Infrastructure
Reason Foundation, by Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam B. Summers
September, 2006

Peter Schrag: Prop. 1E: California's one-legged flood control stool
Sac Bee, by Peter Schrag
September 27, 2006

Voters being asked to put state into deep debt
Ventura County Star, Thomas D. Elias
September 25, 2006

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