The San Diego Stormwater Department has distributed over 10,000 pamphlets to residents in flood plains, aiming to prevent a recurrence of the catastrophic flooding that occurred in January. The pamphlets offer guidance on emergency preparedness, evacuation plans, flood insurance, and other essential information.
The preparations come nearly a year after a storm on Jan. 22 that deluged various communities in the San Diego region with more than 2 inches of rain in just two hours.has sent out more than 10,000 pamphlets to city residents with property in flood plains ahead of the rainy season in an attempt to prevent a repeat of catastrophic flooding that occurred in January, it was announced Wednesday.
Tony Tricarico, a homeowner in Southcrest, told NBC 7 on Wednesday he is still cleaning up the damage from the January floods. In the spring, Mayor Todd Gloria laid out plans to update the city's aging stormwater infrastructure, part of the reason the January storm impact and flooding was so severe. Several pumps were overwhelmed by the amount of rain. He asked for $85.1 million in the 2024-25 city budget for flood control and green insfrastructure projects.
The following month, then-City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera decided to withhold a proposed stormwater funding measure from the November 2024 ballot, citing rules that he said would be unfavorable to its passing.
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