On Monday, the State Department of Water Resources allocated $39.2 million to the repairs of the Friant-Kern Canal.

The $39.2 million is part of $100 million that was included in this year's state budget for the repairs of four of the state's major water resources: the California Aqueduct, the San Luis Canal, the Delta-Mendota Canal and the Friant-Kern Canal. A total of $37 million was allocated to both the California Aqueduct and San Luis Canal and $23.8 million was allocated to the Delta-Mendota Canal.

The $100 million is a down payment of sorts on State Senator Melissa Hurtado's Senate Bill 559, which proposes to allocated $785 million for the repairs of the California Aqueduct, the Delta-Mendota Canal and the Friant-Kern Canal. SB559 would allocated $308 million for the Friant-Kern Canal.

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