AUDIT: City of San Diego's Flawed Response to Historic January 2024 Floods

AUDIT: City of San Diego's flawed response to historic January 2024 floods

For a year-and-a-half, victims of last year's historic January floods have been critical of the response by the City of San Diego. Now, a new audit supports many of their claims.The 79-page report from the Office of the City Auditor looks at the City's response to the floods, identifies what went wrong and offers recommendations for the future.How would you grade the city's response to the floods on the day of and the weeks that followed?" ABC 1…

Chaotic planning, delays, miscommunication: San Diego recovery efforts fell short after 2024 flooding, audit finds

San Diego’s response to last year’s flooding in southeastern San Diego was marred by improvised and disjointed decision-making, delayed infrastructure management and poor public communication planning, a recent city audit found. Those communication problems included everything from wrong information on Spanish-language flyers to an unusual request by the mayor that all public communications go through his office, leading to delays and disputes w…