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His serious business included organizing the first system of man-made levees to protect the city from the Mississippi.
5 million to dredge Marina del Rey harbor, $600,000 to remove burros from the desert, $50,000 for a mural in Twentynine Palms, $100,000 to build an international trade center in Tulare County, and $50 million to reinforce levees on the lower Los Angeles River and relieve nearby residents of a federal mandate to buy flood insurance.
Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Directorate's Operation and Maintenance Program is responsible for the stewardship of dams, levees, and other parts of the water resources infrastructure constructed by the Corps.