Henderson Ditch emergency work

A resident whose property borders both ditches urged the council to take proactive preventive action now, saying reactive approaches have outsourced flood costs to neighbors for decades.

A nurse at 200 Wilshire Drive whose home was the worst hit in the 2025 flood, she presented 397 pages of research and asked the city to include the ditch in the emergency work, the state disaster aid request, and Caltrans' $124 million I-5 project.

She briefly urged the council to include the Henderson Ditch in the emergency work being authorized that night.

A 38-year Birch Way resident, she said a nine-hour rainstorm damaged part of her house and asked that the neighborhood be included in the emergency plan.