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Families devastated most by flooding have no elected representative
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Some San Diego District 4 residents say they feel "abandoned and forgotten" after they were hit hard by the January 22 storm.
The people living there said the issue has been made worse by the fact they don't have a city councilmember representing them at a time when the council is setting future budget priorities.
Monica Montgomery Steppe submitted a list of budget priorities for District 4, including storm channel maintenance and street repairs, before she left City Council to serve on the County Board of Supervisors.
While that list of priorities was not recently updated, because right now there's no elected representative for the district, the council's president said that those District 4 residents are very much a priority.
Southcrest resident Anabel Valdez said that during the January 22 storm, the water started entering her house like a river, flooding her home and leaving her with no place to live.
She told CBS 8 that she feels frustrated — nearly three weeks later, as she and her family remain at a hotel — that more is not being done to help her and her neighbors who lost everything. She said she feels forgotten and abandoned.
FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/district-4-forgotten-no-representation-city-council/509-db13de99-df82-4461-b405-eb782764fe07
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