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Public commenter warns Sacramento faces top national flood risk, urges council to revisit tiny-home proposal
Summary
A North Natomas homeowner told the council Sacramento is the "most at risk region in America for catastrophic flooding" and urged the council to reconsider placing tiny homes at 3511 Arena Boulevard inside a FEMA floodplain; the speaker said 1,700 people signed a petition opposing the project.
Annabelle Gonzalez, a North Natomas homeowner and small-business owner, addressed the council during public comment about flood risk and a proposed tiny-home site at 3511 Arena Boulevard.
Gonzalez told the council: "Sacramento is the most at risk region in America for catastrophic flooding, number 1 in the nation." She said interviews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and RD 1000 repeatedly raised comparisons to "hurricane Katrina" and cited an RD 1000 board report stating the levee system does not meet state design standards. Gonzalez urged the council to consider the safety implications of siting tiny homes in a FEMA floodplain and said more than 1,700 people had signed a petition opposing 3511 Arena Boulevard.
Her comments framed the issue as a public-safety concern tied to levee design and past legal findings in other jurisdictions; no staff response or council action on that specific petition was recorded during the meeting.
