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Schwarzenegger Fires Flood Control Panel

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday fired all six members of the state Reclamation Board, an agency that oversees flood control along California's two biggest rivers and had recently become more aggressive about slowing development on flood plains.

Nancy Vogel/LATimes/KTLA 27.09.05
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced the board of the state's top flood-control agency just as the agency began a more aggressive program to review building plans in flood-prone areas.
The seven-member board oversees a 1,600-mile network of flood control levees, most of them located in the Central Valley. Members serve at the pleasure of the governor and the six members replaced Tuesday were appointed or reappointed by former Gov. Gray Davis. There was one vacancy on the board.
None of those replaced were given any explanation by Schwarzenegger's office, according to board president Betsy Marchand.
"There was no communication about why the entire board was removed," said Marchand, a member since 2001. "And we were really beginning to make a lot of progress too, in bringing out the dangers of living behind - and allowing development - behind old agricultural levees because the public is not aware of it."

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