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1 (1) On March 12, 1928, the Saint Francis Dam

2 located in the northern portion of Los Angeles Coun-

3 ty, California, breached, resulting in a devastating

4 flood that caused the death of approximately 425 in-

5 dividuals.

6 (2) The residents of Santa Clarita Valley, San

7 Francisquito Canyon, Castaic Junction, Santa Clara

8 River Valley, Piru, Fillmore, Bardsdale, Saticoy, and

9 Santa Paula were directly impacted and suffered

10 greatly from the worst flood in the history of the

11 State of California.

12 (3) The disaster resulted in a tremendous loss

13 of human life, property, and the livelihood of local

14 residents, and was surpassed in the level of destruc-

15 tion in the 20th century only by the great San Fran-

16 cisco earthquake of 1906.

17 (4) The collapse of the dam may represent

18 America’s worst civil engineering failure in the 20th

19 century.

20 (5) The site of the disaster is subject to the

21 theft of historic artifacts, graffiti, and other van-

22 dalism.

23 (6) It is right to pay homage to the citizens

24 who were killed, injured, or dislocated due to the
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