Six months after the collapse of a $1.5 billion plan to expand Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County to provide more water to Bay Area residents, state officials began Wednesday to redistribute nearly half a billion dollars that had been earmarked for the failed project. The California Water Commission, a panel appointed by the governor, voted 7-0 to give $73 million immediately to the Harvest Water Program in Sacramento County, in addition to $291 million it had previously provided. … But the commission punted Wednesday on a question being closely watched by water managers around the state: When will it dole out the rest of the Los Vaqueros money? And which other reservoirs and other water storage projects being planned around California will receive it?

Other California Water Commission news:

• KRCR (Redding, Calif.): CA Water Commission seeking more info as they decide how to allocate water storage funding​
• The Vacaville Reporter (Calif.): State Water Commission visits Solano