CA AB1585

Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Water Resources to grant to the Monterey County Water Resources Agency for water infrastructure projects.

Funds construction of a water conveyance tunnel between Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio to reduce water overflow events by approximately 60 percent.

Funds spillway modifications at Lake San Antonio to increase storage capacity by approximately 60,000 acre-feet and improve flood management.

Declares the appropriation an urgency statute to take immediate effect due to California's ongoing drought and projected El Niño storm impacts on the Salinas Valley region.

Authorizes the projects to be constructed using a design-build process to maximize water storage, water supply, and groundwater recharge in the Salinas River groundwater basin.