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The Policy Legacies of California's Dam Act of 1929
Following the sudden failure on March 28, 1928 of the St. Francis Dam in southern California, the legislature passed a law, the Dam Act of 1929, to greatly strengthen the state's role in supervising non-federal dams in California. This law meant that state government essentially would be directly administering a virtually new program that included "(1) examination and approval or repair of dams completed prior to the effective date of the statute, August 14, 1929; (2) approval of plans and specifications, and supervision of construction of new dams, and of the enlargement, alteration, repair, or removal of existing dams; and (3) supervision over maintenance and operation of all dams of jurisdictional size." This paper summarizes the legislative history of the Dam Act of 1929, presents data on how it was used following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and comments on how some of the Dam Act's original principles were incorporated into other seismic safety legislation—a classic example of "disaster learning."
The Policy Legacies of California's Dam Act of 1929
Following the sudden failure on March 28, 1928 of the St. Francis Dam in southern California, the legislature passed a law, the Dam Act of 1929, to greatly strengthen the state's role in supervising non-federal dams in California. This law meant that state government essentially would be directly administering a virtually new program that included "(1) examination and approval or repair of dams completed prior to the effective date of the statute, August 14, 1929; (2) approval of plans and specifications, and supervision of construction of new dams, and of the enlargement, alteration, repair, or removal of existing dams; and (3) supervision over maintenance and operation of all dams of jurisdictional size." This paper summarizes the legislative history of the Dam Act of 1929, presents data on how it was used following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and comments on how some of the Dam Act's original principles were incorporated into other seismic safety legislation—a classic example of "disaster learning."
The Policy Legacies of California's Dam Act of 1929
Olson, Robert A. (author)
Sixth U.S. Conference and Workshop on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) 2003 ; 2003 ; Long Beach, California, United States
2003-07-24
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
The Policy Legacies of California's Dam Act of 1929
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