The Pajaro River levee was an issue for decades as federal, state and local officials knew it needed repairs and could fail. But the surrounding area made up of farmland and homes has been deemed too low value, leading to solutions not getting prioritized.
Decades of levee failures amount to disaster in a mostly Latino California town hit by floods
Maria Santiago, left, and her father, Alejandro, move out with a few belongings Thursday after having returned home for the first time after the evacuation order was lifted in Pajaro, Calif.Edwin Flores “Just to cross the bridge, I started to cry,” Urbieta, 56, said emotionally, referring to the Pajaro River Bridge that connects Pajaro and the neighboring city of Watsonville. “I didn’t know what to expect — how my house looked by the time I got here. As soon as I walked in and opened the door it was really bad.”
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