Water levels at Lake Oroville inching down; US Sen. Kamala Harris tours dam

Water levels at Lake Oroville inching down; US Sen. Kamala Harris tours dam


February 24, 2017


Oroville – U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris on Thursday toured the damaged spillways at Oroville Dam and was briefed by local, state and federal officials on the ongoing crisis at the lake.

Harris, in an exchange with reporters at Oroville Airport where she arrived by helicopter, expressed gratitude for the work done at the dam, adding she wanted to see firsthand what has happened there so she could advocate for the resources California needs.
“We need to make sure that we’re putting enough resources into maintenance of the infrastructure writ large,” she said. “So it’s about the dams. It’s about what we’re doing in terms of response to floods. It’s about what needs to happen in terms of giving local folks — responders, law enforcement — the tools they need and the resources they need when it comes to evacuating large numbers of people.”

Further, the senator said officials must take a “critical look at the bureaucracy that might be a part of this process and do what we can to eliminate that bureaucracy.”

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