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Local managers urge permitting reform, multi‑benefit projects and more stormwater capture to reduce flood risk
Summary
Regional managers and stormwater advocates told the Assembly that permitting processes and regulatory resourcing slow flood projects, and that multi‑benefit and stormwater capture projects (including in disadvantaged neighborhoods) are cost‑effective tools to reduce flood risk and provide other community benefits.
Regional flood managers, stormwater advocates and city officials urged legislative action to streamline permitting, resource regulators for partnership, and expand multi‑benefit projects that combine flood protection with habitat, groundwater recharge and community amenities.
Mark Strudley, general manager of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, described the Pajaro Valley project as an example where geographic constraints force a combined approach. He said AB 876 (recently enacted for the project) used the Corps’ federal…
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