§ 8995 Flood Control Easement Acquisition

• •Local groups (like cities or water districts) can get land or rights to use land for flood control projects.
• •They need permission from the board to do this.
• •They can get the land by buying it, getting it as a gift, or using eminent domain (forcing a sale if needed).
• •This is only for projects that help control floods in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers or their smaller rivers.

A city wants to build a big wall to stop a river from flooding nearby houses.

The city can ask the board for permission to use land next to the river to build the wall. If the owner of the land doesn’t want to sell, the city might still get the land through eminent domain, but only if the board says it’s okay.