On Monday, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the remaining nine Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bills following the passage of previous three bills in August. The package of appropriations bills includes a variety of funding priorities for California including:
- $3.845 billion to fight wildfires.
- Increase in wildland firefighter pay to $15 per hour and converts seasonal positions to full-time positions to help reduce the federal shortage of firefighters.
- More than $1 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation water infrastructure and drought resilience programs in California.
- $258 million to fund California projects under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, including water storage projects, water recycling projects, habitat restoration and other environmental projects.
- $450 million in emergency drought funding.
- $130 million for seismic retrofit of the B.F. Sisk Dam and other key California projects.
- $2 million for a Homeless Youth Housing Campus in Monterey County.