Doug Ose: “This is a map of northern California. I represent basically the center portion of this. Geographically, this area is…”

“This is a map of northern California. I represent basically the center portion of this. Geographically, this area is roughly two-thirds the size of the State of Washington. It is larger than, say, four or five States one may wish to select in New England. It is the size of two-thirds the State of New York. The State of Ohio could potentially fit right here. The purpose of this map is to highlight how this entire area, rather than draining to the Pacific Ocean, the water that falls within this area works its way south down the Sacramento River and its tributaries for which one can see the vast expansion and number past a particular point opposite downtown Sacramento. The main channel of the Sacramento River can hold around 150,000 cubic feet a second. The difficulty we have from this region is that, by virtue of the large geographic expansion, the rainfall in this region can generate up to 650,000 cubic feet a second of water flowing past downtown Sacramento. The area that is the subject of our concern tonight is the Yolo Bypass.”