Amerish Bera actually said...

"The levees date from the 1870's when farmers began building nearly 1,100 miles of protection around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta."

"Robert Bea, professor of engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, warns in terms of damage, deaths, and long-term costs, a rupture of the delta levees would be far more destructive than w..."

"A flood in the Sacramento region would be devastating to 1.4 million people who live in our metropolitan area."

"We maintain a competitive advantage. As a scientist myself, as someone who spent countless hours in the lab..."