Following a tour of the drought-stricken Sacramento Delta with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on April 15, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will announce economic stimulus projects to help water infrastructure in California and elsewhere as part of the Department of the Interior’s investments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The projects include ARRA funds going to the Bureau of Reclamation.
| Who: | Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-5th CA) Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-38th CA) |
| What: | Announcement of Investments in Water Infrastructure/Bureau of Reclamation Programs to Help California and other areas under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| When: | Press arrival at 11:15 a.m. for 12:00 – 12:30 pm PDT press conference, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| Where: | Mather Air Force Base/Sacramento Mather Airport, Sacramento County,12 miles southeast of Sacramento next to Rancho Cordova, California. Proceed to the intersection of Macready and Femoyer Streets, near the site of the helicopters on the base. Show press credentials at the guard post there and you will be guided to side of press conference. |
| Media: | CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY will be admitted. |