SACRAMENTO - Today, the California Problem Solvers Caucus announced that it had submitted a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking the administration to restore $40 million in funding for floodplain restoration projects around the San Joaquin River. Governor Newsom had proposed cutting the funding (which was originally approved in last year's budget agreement) in his January budget proposal.

Dear Governor Newsom:

We are writing to urge you to retain $40 million in FY 2022-2023 funding for San Joaquin River floodplain restoration. Your draft FY 2023-2024 budget proposes to eliminate these funds. We also urge you and the legislature to increase flood funding to achieve the level of state funding recommended in the new Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, which was adopted last December.

We urge you to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline and bring relief to California

residents who have been grappling with record inflation, increased cost of goods, and the

highest gasoline prices in the country.