Santa Cruz County officials estimate $100 million damage, hope White House visit will help recovery.
President Biden flew to the Bay Area on Thursday, planning to visit the wreckage from recent winter storms in Capitola Village and Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz County.
Thursday’s visit — the first to Santa Cruz County by a sitting president since George Bush Sr. visited downtown Santa Cruz in 1989 three days after the Loma Prieta Earthquake — was generating excitement and interest among local residents. In Capitola, a picturesque seaside village with a population of 10,000 people, huge waves from atmospheric river storms tore a 40-foot hole in the Capitola Wharf earlier this month and smashed waterfront restaurants and other businesses.
The couple were asked Wednesday to provide authorities with their dates of birth and Social Security Numbers, “just so they know we’re not bad people,” Jeff Lantis said, adding that officials had been deliberately vague about the timing and location of Biden’s visit. Whether their landlord’s insurance will cover any of their repairs and losses remains to be seen, he said. The couple, like other business owners in the village who rented their buildings, did not have flood insurance because it was so expensive, Jeff Lantis said.
“I don’t know if they have to fight the Coastal Commission, but they could build up rocks along the front of the buildings that got hit,” Jeff Lantis said.
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