check out the creek near the German school please. the fallen trees has in the creek can cause problem.

Steven's creek is full of garbage, leaves, fallen trees and who knows what, evidenced at the trailhead bridge off Whisman park.

I haven't noticed the street or catch basins being cleaned along the RV encampment at Latham and Showers. There are several underground parking areas there.

The article talks about a sluggish design process for the flood protection measures. But I think this blames it too much on the water district or their staff - what actually happened is that neighbors complained a lot about the plans, and haggled about additional benefits to be provided, and parts of the buildout to be removed. This included the threat of suing over various aspects like some trees next to the baseball field, and a fair amount of FUD about the calculations that went into the original planning. As it turns out, it's not so trivial to predict maximal flows of such creeks, which only happen every few decades (the data that exists on these events is far from perfect). But whatever they calculated, some residents who appeared to have a vested interest in thwarting the project kept questioning the engineering, which eventually led to smaller margins of safety; so even once it's built out, all you need is a log or some other object to obstruct the flow in the wrong spot and you still get flooding. If you've never stood next to one of these creeks during a rainstorm, I recommend doing so, it's pretty dramatic to see how much water rushes through!

I think the reporting in mv-voice has actually been quite good about this. It might be nice to link back to earlier articles to give the context. Here is a rough, quick selection:

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