Summary
The Army Corps' Yolo Bypass Comprehensive Study has narrowed to a Fremont Weir expansion and setback levee in the Upper Elkhorn Basin — a $564 million project whose construction impacts fall mostly on Yolo County farmland while flood benefits go elsewhere. The Board directed comment letters but delayed updating its Position Statement until conservation and economic-impact language is strengthened.
At a glance
- Total mentions
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- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
The study itself has no general fund impact, but the proposed project could remove roughly 1,326 acres from local agricultural production and tax rolls.
Flood-protected communities north and across the river from Yolo County, plus ecosystem restoration goals.
Yolo County landowners, Reclamation District 1600, and the county's agricultural tax base bear most construction impacts.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Board of Supervisors — September 8, 2026
The Army Corps' Yolo Bypass Comprehensive Study has narrowed to a Fremont Weir expansion and setback levee in the Upper Elkhorn Basin — a $564 million project whose construction impacts fall mostly on Yolo County farmland while flood benefits go elsewhere. The Board directed comment letters but delayed updating its Position Statement until conservation and economic-impact language is strengthened.
Board of Supervisors Meeting — August 25, 2026
Supervisors Villegas and Allen's ad hoc subcommittee reported on the invasive golden mussel emergency, a port tour showing infestation expected to worsen, and $6 million in state funding for Delta counties. Two major regional plans — the Yolo Bypass Comprehensive Study and the Bay Delta water quality plan — are under staff review.
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