"We don't have storage for when we go through the droughts and we don't have storage to protect us from floods," said Mario Santoyo, former Executive Director of the San Joaquin Valley Water Infrastructure. California currently has three times the normal amount of snow, according to the National Weather Service. In the last few weeks, flooding concerns have been a hot topic in the Central Valley. This authorized over $7.54 billion to fund ecosystems, watershed protection and restoration, and water supply infrastructure projects which included surface and groundwater storage.Voters approved it with more than 67% of the vote. While it sounded good on paper, nine years later none of that has happened.

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