{"id":131020,"date":"2021-10-15T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=131020"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:31:09","slug":"more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
The California Natural Resources Agency awarded a total of $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ a mix of traditional and green infrastructure solutions to alleviate urban flooding.<\/span> Photo courtesy Shutter Shock<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The California Natural Resources Agency awarded a total of $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ a mix of traditional and green infrastructure solutions to alleviate urban flooding.<\/p>\n

The City of Manhattan Beach has been awarded $5 million for its 28th street stormwater infiltration project\u2014<\/strong><\/em>the city\u2019s project to capture stormwater runoff. Currently, stormwater outflowing at the beach can cause backflow and localized flooding during storm events.<\/p>\n

This project will divert and capture runoff generated within 60 percent of the city\u2019s boundaries to prevent pollutants, trash, and debris from reaching the beach and Santa Monica Bay.<\/p>\n

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has been awarded $1.2 million for the LA river urban flood protection and habitat enhancement project. In partnership with California State Parks, TNC is developing a stormwater management and habitat enhancement project along the river in northeast Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The project will improve water quality, enhance habitat and biodiversity, increase public access to the river, and provide educational opportunities for visitors.<\/p>\n

The other winning projects throughout southern California\u2019s counties include:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • The City of Calipatria was awarded $3.9 million for its east side stormwater drainage improvement project<\/li>\n
  • The County of Kern was awarded $3.5 million for the Caliente Creek urban flood protection project<\/li>\n
  • The City of Torrance was awarded $867,000 for the Regina Alley storm drain improvements<\/li>\n
  • Amigos de los Rios was awarded $858,000 for the emerald necklace Monrovia unified school district natural infrastructure project<\/li>\n
  • The trust for public land was awarded $6 million for the banning ranch acquisition project<\/li>\n
  • The city of Santa Ana was awarded $3.8 million for its downtown flood reduction and stormwater infiltration project<\/li>\n
  • The city of Indio was awarded $4.1 million for its civic center storm drain system project<\/li>\n
  • The trust for public land was awarded $4M for the Bel Air greens floodplain protection project<\/li>\n
  • California Trout was awarded $6M for the Santa Margarita River bridge replacement for flood protection<\/li>\n
  • City of Carpinteria was awarded $366,000 for the east via real stormwater project<\/li>\n
  • The trust for public land was awarded $3M to for the Ventura River petrochem acquisition project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The California Natural Resources Agency awarded a total of $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ a mix of traditional and green infrastructure solutions to alleviate urban flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27272,"featured_media":131022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[1371,1481,645,6769,6768,3496,99,1886],"class_list":["post-131020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-california","tag-environmental","tag-flooding","tag-issues","tag-river","tag-runoff","tag-stormwater","tag-water","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMore than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"brittney_cutler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"brittney_cutler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"brittney_cutler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/200d4bb41f6db45d2b2a42d63843521b\"},\"headline\":\"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":381,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"California\",\"Environmental\",\"Flooding\",\"issues\",\"river\",\"Runoff\",\"stormwater\",\"Water\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/\",\"name\":\"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg\",\"width\":880,\"height\":440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Construction Specifier\",\"description\":\"Solutions for the Construction Industry\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Construction Specifier\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg\",\"width\":288,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"The Construction Specifier\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/200d4bb41f6db45d2b2a42d63843521b\",\"name\":\"brittney_cutler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"brittney_cutler\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/author\\\/brittney_cutler\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier","description":"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier","og_description":"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/","og_site_name":"The Construction Specifier","article_published_time":"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":880,"height":440,"url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"brittney_cutler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"brittney_cutler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/"},"author":{"name":"brittney_cutler","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/200d4bb41f6db45d2b2a42d63843521b"},"headline":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California","datePublished":"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/"},"wordCount":381,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg","keywords":["California","Environmental","Flooding","issues","river","Runoff","stormwater","Water"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/","name":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California - The Construction Specifier","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-15T14:31:09+00:00","description":"The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $87.6 million to 26 projects that employ infrastructure solutions to help flooding.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BC_UrbanFlooding-F.jpg","width":880,"height":440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/more-than-80m-in-government-funds-to-help-flooding-in-california\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"More than $80M in government funds to help flooding in California"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/","name":"The Construction Specifier","description":"Solutions for the Construction Industry","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization","name":"The Construction Specifier","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg","width":288,"height":70,"caption":"The Construction Specifier"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/200d4bb41f6db45d2b2a42d63843521b","name":"brittney_cutler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65c3c8231291f7b7ce4f3311dec51b8bea9b7dea87d774988c9699e2f350e07b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"brittney_cutler"},"url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/author\/brittney_cutler\/"}]}},"views":4654,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/users\/27272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181656,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020\/revisions\/181656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/media\/131022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}