Ballard: Protecting our communities from future floods - San José Spotlight

Ballard: Protecting our communities from future floods - San José Spotlight

As the newest Valley Water board director for a district that includes neighborhoods in downtown San Jose — a community that remembers the devastating floods from eight years ago — I deeply appreciate Valley Water’s dedicated efforts in nearly completing the first phase of the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project. The Feb. 21, 2017, events remain vivid in our memories — neighbors seeking higher ground, families being rescued from flooded homes …