Reply #6: Sorry to disagree with you Socaldem, [View All]

[Ecumenist]

But I live here and I can attest to the fact that the area IMMEDIATELY next to the levees ARE NOT farmland. I live in north Natomas and I can tell you the there are homes literally up against the garden highway, which is the levee that abuts the Sacramento River as it comes into the county from north through the city and through Old Town Sacramento.
When I say that these homes are next to the levees, I mean within 50 feet, At the most, from the levees. If you were to drive the Garden highway from Northgate, you'll see BRAND NEW homes whose roofs are lower that the levee, with the levee right across the street. The same kind of building right up and in some cases, ON THE LEVEES, (note the building going on on the river side of the levee), is going on ALL OVER THE COUNTY. FLood plains have been rezoned to allow building. The Natomas Basin, where I'm living FOR now, has rampant building going on and this area was under at least 4 to 6 feet of water FOR WEEKS in 1986 during the flood that occurred that year. There are subdivisions in areas that were formally farm land parcels throughout Sloughhouse, Wilton, (already notorious for flash flooding), Herald, Galt, Elk Grove, Placer County-(Roseville and the outlying areas such as Lincoln, Wheatland, etc) as well as Woodland, (notorious for flooding as well), Dunnigan, Esparto, Madison, much of the Capay Valley. So, the fact that the farmland is being left in that state because of the levees is no longer true and people are finally speaking up, though it's too little too late. Alot of areas in the northwest area of the county that used to be rice fields are no plowed over by homes and don't get me started with what is happening with the Rio Linda and Elverta area,(flood regularly) and Antelope area which used to be farmland and no longer is.