SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) is pleased to announce that Governor Brown signed the 2017-18 budget today, which allocates $4 million from the General Fund to the Butano Channel Restoration and Resiliency Project in coastal San Mateo County.
“This funding will directly impact constituents in the 24th Assembly District by addressing annual flooding that, due to decades of sediment build-up in the marsh, shuts down the main road into Pescadero after even the smallest rainfall,” said Berman.
Sediment accumulation has filled the historic channel of Butano Creek so that connectivity of Butano Creek through the Butano Marsh to the Pescadero lagoon no longer exists. The project will reestablish 8,000 feet of the historic channel, remove 45,000 cubic yards of sediment, and restore degraded marsh habitat.
"We are incredibly grateful to Assemblymember Berman, Assemblymember Mullin, and Senator Hill for their support. This budget will give critically endangered salmon a chance to thrive while also reducing the chronic flooding of the main access road to the rural community of Pescadero. It's a genuine win-win," said Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director of the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District.
Assemblymember Marc Berman represents the 24th Assembly District, which includes southern San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Website of Assemblymember Marc Berman: www.assembly.ca.gov/Berman. Official headshot can be found here.
Contact: Kaitlin Curry, (916) 319-2024