The Trump administration has canceled $33 million worth of federal funds meant to help pay for earthquake retrofits in California — sparking “grave concern” and a call to reconsider from one of the state’s highest elected officials. … FEMA issued a statement on April 4 announcing the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, known as BRIC, that would have funded the California earthquake retrofits. … Also in jeopardy is up to $50 million in funding apiece for a Port of San Francisco coastal resilience project, a flood protection project for the Menlo Park area, a flood adaptation project in Oakland and Alameda, a Sutter Bypass levee project in the Central Valley, for water supply resiliency for the city of Riverbank in Stanislaus County, and for infrastructure resiliency for the city of Pacifica in San Mateo County.

Other flood infrastructure funding news:

• Lake County News (Clear Lake, Calif.): Flood protection funding slashed for projects in California, Washington
• Office of Sen. Alex Padilla: News release: Padilla, Schiff, Murray, Cantwell call out Trump’s outrageous, partisan decision to slash flood protection funding for blue states