2022 UPDATE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN California’s strategic blueprint to prioritize and guide the State’s investments in flood management in the Central Valley through DWR’s flood management programs.

What’s at risk ? A flood in the Central Valley would have significant impact Commerce Infrastructure Public Safety Water Supply

The Central Valley produces Approximately $80 billion of Approximately 1.3 million The Central Valley 25% of the nation’s food, infrastructure and assets are Californians live and work in infrastructure providing flood including 40% of the nation’s at risk. the floodplains of the Central protection also assists with fruits, nuts, and vegetables* Valley.** conveying water supply to millions of other Californians.

CVFPP Primary Goal 1 BACKGROUND 2007 Statewide bonds Improve flood risk management. Reduce the chance of flooding, and provided early damages once flooding occurs, and improve public safety, preparedness, funding for flood and emergency response through the following: risk management projects in the a Identifying, recommending, b Formulating standards, Central Valley and implementing structural criteria, and guidelines to and nonstructural projects facilitate implementation of 2008 State legislature and actions that benefit lands structural and nonstructural passed the Central currently receiving protection actions for protecting urban Valley Flood from facilities of the State Plan areas and other lands of the Protection Act of Flood Control (SPFC). Sacramento and San Joaquin 2012 CVFPP was river basins and the Delta. developed by DWR and adopted by Central Valley Flood CVFPP Supporting Goals 2 Protection Board 2017 First update to the CVFPP completed 2022 2022 update will be consistent with 2012 Improve Promote Improve Promote CVFPP and 2017 Operations & Ecosystem Institutional Multi-Benefit Update Maintenance Functions Support Projects

April 2020 2022 UPDATE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN

This Update provides an opportunity for DWR to assess and evaluate progress made since passage of major State bonds in 2007 and will recommend future management actions led by State, local, and/or federal agencies to continue implementation of the CVFPP.

Key Proposed Themes

Climate Resilience Project Implementation, Alignment with Accomplishments, and Other State Efforts • California is on the cutting edge Performance Tracking of understanding the effects • The 2022 Update will align with other of a changing climate on flood • Development of a comprehensive State efforts, including implementation management. performance tracking system will of Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience improve return on investment Portfolio and the California Water Plan • The 2022 Update will be informed for State taxpayers and provide Update 2023. by new data about the impacts of a accountability. changing climate in the Central Valley • The State has ongoing efforts to • The 2022 CVFPP Update uses a develop a performance tracking comprehensive risk-management system to track progress on approach to increase climate implementing the CVFPP, including resilience and provide multiple flood risk management and benefits. ecosystem restoration metrics.

Will continue to build on the Refined the SSIA, developed a significant amount of work Introduced the State Systemwide funding plan and phasing of completed over the past 15 years Investment Approach (SSIA), implementation and identified to better understand and develop as well as identified goals and flood policy issues with priorities to improve flood risk SYSTEMWIDE strategies to implement the CVFPP. recommendations to address them. management in the Central Valley.

2012 CVFPP 2017 CVFPP 2022 CVFPP

Following adoption, DWR funded RFMP planning effort provided DWR will continue to support six regionally led Regional Flood valuable perspectives from regional RFMP planning efforts during this Management Plans (RFMPs). and local flood managers that update cycle. Regional groups can helped inform and align CVFPP participate by updating previously investment strategies and priorities provided lists of priority projects for implementation. and related content, support related efforts that are advancing REGIONAL implementation, and continue to identify potential funding mechanisms and site-specific improvement needs.

* USGS, regional overview of California’s Central Valley https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/about-central-valley.html ** 2017 CVFPP Update, https://water.ca.gov/LegacyFiles/cvfmp/docs/2017/2017CVFPPUpdate-Final-20170828.pdf

April 2020