'Coastal flooding threatens our homes, businesses and overall quality of life,' said Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. 'This grant allows us to develop targeted strategies to adapt to rising sea levels and improve our community's resilience, ensuring a safer, healthier and more sustainable future for all our residents.
The Imperial Beach coastline is pictured from IB Pier on September 30, 2023 as storm clouds swirl overhead.
"Coastal flooding threatens our homes, businesses and overall quality of life," said Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre."This grant allows us to develop targeted strategies to adapt to rising sea levels and improve our community's resilience, ensuring a safer, healthier and more sustainable future for all our residents.
Imperial Beach will explore the use of insurance to protect people before a flood comes. The city is surrounded on three sides by water — San Diego Bay, the Pacific Ocean and the Tijuana River — and experiences coastal flooding. The grant will help finance two strategies: First, Imperial Beach will collaborate with the Department of Insurance and Scripps Institution of Oceanography to"understand the risk and exposure associated with coastal flooding and implementation of nature-based flood-adaptation strategies," a statement from Lara's office read.
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