
This map from the “South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study” shows areas of flooding during a 100-year flood, which would be compounded by a rising sea level. Black icons with pennants denote schools.
Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury has a message for city and county officials who are dragging their feet regarding sea-level rise: Get with the program.
Mired in complacency toward what they see as a slow-moving emergency, public agencies are not adequately preparing for future flooding from climate change, the grand jury found after investigating a complaint questioning countywide planning and preparedness related to rising seas.
Grand jurors made three determinations in their report, titled, “A Slow Rising Emergency — Sea Level Rise”: current flood-control measures won’t prevent flooding from higher water levels; cities abutting the […]