The only thing we leave out is locust.

We've determined that the current path we're on (in the Delta) is not sustainable, and the economy of the state of California is at stake.

We need a different long-term vision for the Delta.

In order to protect ourselves we need to move quickly and address all of these sites and repair them before the next flood season.

If we did this through normal funding and normal procedures, it probably would take us three to four years.

So it's an old, aging system that instead of protecting farmland is actually protecting small cities, levees of questionable integrity protecting higher value real estate.

The next big frontier is more focus on exterior water use.

We have the best chance now that we have ever had to make some substantial changes and improvements in the delta.