§ 9622 Flood Risk Assistance For Disadvantaged Communitie

• •Cities and counties must work with the state to help poor communities in rural areas that are at risk of flooding.
• •They need to provide help like moving people to safer places or finding other cheap ways to keep them safe from floods.
• •This rule is part of a bigger plan to protect the Central Valley from floods.

A small, poor town in the Central Valley is often flooded when it rains a lot.

The city and county must work with the state to help the people in this town. They might help them move to a safer place or build things like stronger levees to stop the flooding.