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Joe Montana joins suit against San Francisco over sewage water flooding ritzy neighborhood
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Sep 13, 2023, 9:23:16 PM9/13/23
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francisco-over-sewage-flood/
NFL legend Joe Montana joined a group of fed-up San Francisco homeowners
in suing the city after sewage-tainted storm water rushed into pricey
houses earlier this year.
Nearly 60 plaintiffs said the city failed to make the proper repairs to
wastewater facilities that have been associated with previous flooding in
the ritzy area before an atmospheric river and bomb cyclone combination
walloped the area, killing two, on New Year’s.
“The part of this system that runs through the Marina is antiquated and
has been neglected and inadequately maintained by the city and county of
San Francisco,” according to the lawsuit obtained by the San Francisco
Chronicle.
“As a result, the system routinely gets overwhelmed, overflows and
inundates plaintiffs’ properties and neighborhood with untreated sewage
and contaminated water.”
San Francisco residents and advocacy groups have been consistently calling
on the city to address the aging sewage system over the last two years
after experiencing repeated flooding in low-lying areas, including the
neighborhood that football superstar and former 49ers quarterback Montana
calls home.
Median home prices in the enclave are $2.6 million, according to Realtor.
The flooding issue was further inundated by the 2021 closing of a city
outfall, which allows excess water to go into the bay rather than escape
through manholes onto the street, the lawsuit claims.
When the intense storm pummeled the Bay Area on New Year’s Eve, more than
18.6 million gallons of untreated or partially treated wastewater
overflowed from the city’s sewer system onto city streets, only 2.3
million gallons of which escaped into the bay, according to San Francisco
Regional Water Quality Control Board records obtained by the Chronicle.
The dirty water “flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating
the soils, walls and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic
fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes.”
Homeowners tried to file claims for damages against the city, but were
denied, the lawsuit states.
San Francisco, however, claims the catastrophic flooding was caused by
“almost unprecedented” high rainfall, not neglect at the hands of the
city.
“It was the strongest storm to hit San Francisco in more than 170 years,”
Jen Kwart, spokeswoman for the Office of the City Attorney, said in a
statement.
“The storm, and not the city’s infrastructure, was responsible for
widespread flooding throughout the city. We are reviewing the complaint
and will respond in court.”
Gee-Whiz
18 hours ago
San Francisco needs to reorder their priorities very quickly or there will
be no saving it. I fear the US I grew up in (clean drinking water,
effective sewer systems, law and order, good schools, good roads, no
litter, investments in community infrastructure, personal accountability,
etc) will be a thing of the past. As a society we are going downhill very
fast.
Average Citizen
22 hours ago
San Francisco, however, claims the catastrophic flooding was caused by
“almost unprecedented” high rainfall, not neglect at the hands of the
city.
San Francisco’s recent track record of ineptitude regarding other
municipal matters suggests that their claim of “innocence” is not very
credible.
pja
18 hours ago
IMHO as aS. Cali native who has lived in N. Cali for the last 50 years.
San Francisco has become the arm pit of the West Coast. Most people who
work in SF live outside the city. The city infastructure has been in
decay forever; no thoughts of improvements. Epitomy of neglect.
--
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stupid people won't be offended.
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No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
francisco-over-sewage-flood/
NFL legend Joe Montana joined a group of fed-up San Francisco homeowners
in suing the city after sewage-tainted storm water rushed into pricey
houses earlier this year.
Nearly 60 plaintiffs said the city failed to make the proper repairs to
wastewater facilities that have been associated with previous flooding in
the ritzy area before an atmospheric river and bomb cyclone combination
walloped the area, killing two, on New Year’s.
“The part of this system that runs through the Marina is antiquated and
has been neglected and inadequately maintained by the city and county of
San Francisco,” according to the lawsuit obtained by the San Francisco
Chronicle.
“As a result, the system routinely gets overwhelmed, overflows and
inundates plaintiffs’ properties and neighborhood with untreated sewage
and contaminated water.”
San Francisco residents and advocacy groups have been consistently calling
on the city to address the aging sewage system over the last two years
after experiencing repeated flooding in low-lying areas, including the
neighborhood that football superstar and former 49ers quarterback Montana
calls home.
Median home prices in the enclave are $2.6 million, according to Realtor.
The flooding issue was further inundated by the 2021 closing of a city
outfall, which allows excess water to go into the bay rather than escape
through manholes onto the street, the lawsuit claims.
When the intense storm pummeled the Bay Area on New Year’s Eve, more than
18.6 million gallons of untreated or partially treated wastewater
overflowed from the city’s sewer system onto city streets, only 2.3
million gallons of which escaped into the bay, according to San Francisco
Regional Water Quality Control Board records obtained by the Chronicle.
The dirty water “flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating
the soils, walls and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic
fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes.”
Homeowners tried to file claims for damages against the city, but were
denied, the lawsuit states.
San Francisco, however, claims the catastrophic flooding was caused by
“almost unprecedented” high rainfall, not neglect at the hands of the
city.
“It was the strongest storm to hit San Francisco in more than 170 years,”
Jen Kwart, spokeswoman for the Office of the City Attorney, said in a
statement.
“The storm, and not the city’s infrastructure, was responsible for
widespread flooding throughout the city. We are reviewing the complaint
and will respond in court.”
Gee-Whiz
18 hours ago
San Francisco needs to reorder their priorities very quickly or there will
be no saving it. I fear the US I grew up in (clean drinking water,
effective sewer systems, law and order, good schools, good roads, no
litter, investments in community infrastructure, personal accountability,
etc) will be a thing of the past. As a society we are going downhill very
fast.
Average Citizen
22 hours ago
San Francisco, however, claims the catastrophic flooding was caused by
“almost unprecedented” high rainfall, not neglect at the hands of the
city.
San Francisco’s recent track record of ineptitude regarding other
municipal matters suggests that their claim of “innocence” is not very
credible.
pja
18 hours ago
IMHO as aS. Cali native who has lived in N. Cali for the last 50 years.
San Francisco has become the arm pit of the West Coast. Most people who
work in SF live outside the city. The city infastructure has been in
decay forever; no thoughts of improvements. Epitomy of neglect.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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