ISLETON, Calif. — The small Delta town of Isleton is the first-and-only in the state, so far, to pilot a new community-based flood insurance initiative.
It’s a partnership between the Department of Water Resources, California Department of Insurance, UC Davis PhD candidate and researcher Kathleen Schaefer and the Delta Region Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD), which was formed about two years ago to address flood risk and flood insurance in the city of Isleton.
“Less than half the people who live in Isleton have flood insurance, and they have a very real flood risk. So if something were to happen, it could be catastrophic both for the individual and for the community,” Schaefer told ABC10…