For decades, state and federal officials had known the levee in Pajaro was inadequate. The small Monterey County community of Pajaro is finally getting help.
Founded as a labor camp for agricultural workers, the small community of Pajaro has long languished in the shadow of nearby Watsonville.
In 2021, just days before leaving office, R.D. James, President Trump’s assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works — a political appointment —directing the corps to expand the criteria for project consideration by giving equal consideration to “economic, environmental and social categories.” Last fall, after decades of inaction, the corps, along with state and local agencies, was finally able to secure the roughly $400 million required to rebuild the levee. Construction was targeted to begin in 2025.
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