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49ers legend Joe Montana sues San Francisco alleging ‘toxic fecal’ matter in home

Updated: 2:36 PM EDT Sep 5, 2023

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood. According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.””Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January. “A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood.

According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.”

“Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.

This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January.

“A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”

This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.

The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

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49ers legend Joe Montana sues San Francisco alleging ‘toxic fecal’ matter in home

Updated: 1:36 PM CDT Sep 5, 2023

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood. According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.””Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January. “A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood.

According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.”

“Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.

This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January.

“A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”

This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.

The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

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49ers legend Joe Montana sues San Francisco alleging ‘toxic fecal’ matter in home

Updated: 11:36 AM PDT Sep 5, 2023

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood. According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.””Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January. “A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood.

According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.”

“Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.

This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January.

“A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”

This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.

The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

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49ers legend Joe Montana sues San Francisco alleging ‘toxic fecal’ matter in home

Updated: 1:36 PM CDT Sep 5, 2023

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood. According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.””Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January. “A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood.

According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.”

“Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.

This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January.

“A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”

This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.

The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

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49ers legend Joe Montana sues San Francisco alleging ‘toxic fecal’ matter in home

Updated: 2:36 PM EDT Sep 5, 2023

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood. According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.””Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January. “A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

Joe and Jennifer Montana are among the people suing San Francisco, alleging city departments did nothing to prevent “torrents of water and untreated sewage” from flooding their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Aug. 24, was brought by dozens of families who live, rent or own property in the Marina District. The families allege that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Department of Public Works, as well as contractors they hired, knowingly allowed negligent conditions to develop in their neighborhood.

According to the lawsuit, the problem originates with San Francisco’s unusual sewer system, which is the only one in coastal California that “treats both wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes.” The plaintiffs allege that the city knew its aging system was “routinely” overwhelmed by “even modest winter storms.”

“Over the past decade, the City has continued to repair and improve its system ‘upstream’ of the Plaintiffs’ properties having the direct effect of channeling even greater and greater amounts of water and sewage into the areas surrounding Plaintiffs’ properties at a time when no significant ‘downstream’ improvements have been performed,” the suit claims.

This problem came to a head during winter storms over the past two years, the families say. The suit claims 4.5 million gallons of “untreated wastewater” flooded homes in Oct. 2021, and “torrents of water and untreated sewage” inundated their properties again in the storms of December 2022 and this past January.

“A mix of raw sewage and storm water flowed in and around Plaintiffs’ properties, permeating the soils, walls, and floors, and depositing highly contaminated and toxic fecal and other raw sewage matter in and around Plaintiffs’ homes,” the suit continues. “The City has failed to take any remedial steps to properly remove the contaminants from Plaintiffs’ properties and surrounding soils despite knowing that Plaintiffs, their families, their children and other citizens are being exposed to these contaminants on a continuing basis.”

This is not the only San Francisco property that’s allegedly caused headaches for the Montanas. In 2016, Joe Montana was among the residents informed that their unit in the Millennium Tower was sinking and tilting 16 inches.

The Marina District families are pursuing damages for negligence, dangerous exposure to raw sewage and mold, cleanup costs, property value loss and more. They are seeking a jury trial; a case management conference has been scheduled for Jan. 24, 2024.

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A high-profile group of Marina residents have filed claims against the City of San Francisco after winter storms flooded their properties and nearby streets with sewage, wastewater and rainwater. The boldface names behind the claims include 49ers legend Joe Montana and real estate mogul Victor Makras. 

The flooding came after atmospheric rivers battered San Francisco with unusually high rainfall through the end of 2022 and early 2023. At least 58 residents, all living on Marina Boulevard between Webster and Baker streets, have signed on to the claims. That stretch of roadway, along the bay waterfront by Marina Green, was closed around New Year’s due to flooding. 

Residents on Marina Boulevard say the storm and subsequent flooding were unlike anything they had seen before. It was the second major flood to hit the boulevard in recent years: An October 2021 storm resulted in 4.5 million gallons of untreated wastewater flooding, while the storm on Dec. 31 caused 18.6 million gallons of water to flood the area, according to a letter to the city from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Millions of more gallons flowed straight into the bay “without authorization” on both occasions, according to the water quality board. 

The flooding on Marina Blvd is getting better, but still avoid the area please. pic.twitter.com/L0tccgUDLL

— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) October 25, 2021

“The water wasn’t clean—it wasn’t just rainwater,” said Seth Gersch, who has lived with his wife on Marina Boulevard for six years. Gersch said the couple was forced to rip up the carpet on their first floor because of the water. 

Joni Settlemier, a 40-year resident of the Marina, said because her driveway slopes downward, it is particularly vulnerable to flooding. 

“We really got a lot of water in it, up to our knees,” Settlemier said. “Supposedly there was sewer water, so we just felt that for safety, you just have to get rid of everything. I had some things I was keeping—furniture for my family—that got destroyed.” 

When Joe Montana was approached for comment, he told a reporter that he was on a conference call and unable to talk.

Joe Montana makes an appearance in New York on April 10, 2018. | Source: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

The claims allege the flooding was not only the result of a freak weather incident; claimants say San Francisco’s sewage infrastructure was insufficient and the city is to blame for damage to their properties. 

“For many years, the city has had actual and constructive knowledge that the sewage and storm drainage system in and around the [Marina Boulevard area] cannot sufficiently handle anticipated conditions and rain events,” said the claim, which was filed in June.

The residents are represented by prominent San Francisco attorneys, including Khaldoun Baghdadi, former head of the city’s Human Rights Commission. Baghdadi said residents filed the claims—which are often a precursor to a lawsuit—to put themselves “back where they were” financially before the flooding. 

“We don’t only trust the city to maintain the sewage infrastructure, but we pay it for doing so,” Baghdadi said. “When the city makes the decisions that cause raw sewage to flood homes, it is responsible for compensating residents.” 

Dozens of residents on Marina Boulevard are suing the city for flooding caused by severe winter storms. | Source: Liz Lindqwister/The Standard

The city said its infrastructure was not to blame.

“The intensity and duration of the storm that hit the city on December 31, 2022, was almost unprecedented. It was the strongest storm to hit San Francisco in more than 170 years,” Jen Kwart, a spokesperson for the City Attorney’s Office, said in an email. “The storm, and not the city’s infrastructure, was responsible for widespread flooding throughout the city.” 

Kwart said the city is reviewing the claims raised by the residents and recently sent letters to claimants seeking more information about the alleged damages and their cause. 

Both the Department of Public Works and the Public Utilities Commission declined to comment on the claims directly, noting their agencies cannot speak about ongoing legal matters. 

Extreme Rainfall, Smelly Water

Over a 10-day period around New Year’s Eve, San Francisco was slammed with about 50% of its average annual rainfall. The storms flooded several parts of the city, but hit northern neighborhoods especially hard.

Though some San Franciscans took to street-surfing and paddling around waterlogged roadways, public health officials warned the floodwater could contain raw sewage, animal waste and harmful bacteria. 

A Marina Boulevard resident documented the grime left behind by knee-high flooding that damaged her home on Dec. 31, 2022. | Source: Courtesy Joni Settlemier

“By design, our sewer system avoids discharging raw, untreated sewage and stormwater into the bay or ocean in small and medium-sized storms,” Joseph Sweiss, a Public Utilities Commission spokesperson, told The Standard in January. “It’s only during large storms, like those we’ve experienced back-to-back these past two weeks, that the city’s system discharges untreated stormwater and small amounts of wastewater.”

One of the claimants’ concerns surrounds the city’s unique “combined” sewer system, which treats wastewater and stormwater in the same network of pipes. Sweiss said in a combined system, the water flows through much larger pipes, meaning the system is not prone to clogging and flooding, contrary to claimants’ arguments. 

Yet residents along Marina Boulevard allege the floodwater caused toxic contamination and structural damage to their properties—many of which are posh homes dotted along the shoreline. 

Gersch told The Standard the elevator in his home filled with water twice, first during the 2021 flooding incident and then on New Year’s Eve. It damaged the wiring on the elevator, while mold remediation efforts in the waterlogged basement cost the couple more than $5,000. 

Other residents along Marina Boulevard took to placing sandbags around their properties. Though summertime is in full swing and few rainstorms have hit San Francisco recently, a number of homes on the street still have sandbags propped up against their garages. 

Some residents on Marina Boulevard have left sandbags by their garage doors to prevent future flooding. | Source: Liz Lindqwister/The Standard

Is the Sewage System To Blame?

The claimants allege the city’s aging infrastructure caused the flooding and, by extension, their property damage. They contend the city has failed to properly maintain and upgrade its sewer and storm diversion systems as climate change brings increasingly severe weather. 

“During this time, the city permitted additional development, including construction of impervious driveways, additional rain gutters and collection pipes that all increased rain, contaminated water and sewage discharge into the system,” the claims further alleged. 

The utilities commission has defended the city’s infrastructure and shot back at claims that the combined sewer system model caused excess flooding or had failed to operate as it was designed. 

“No sewer system can reasonably manage the intensity and duration of an extreme storm like we saw on New Year’s Eve, which nearly set a record for the amount of rain,” Sweiss said in January. “Flooding isn’t caused simply by our combined sewer system. Rather, it’s the amount of rain, its intensity and its duration that can cause floods.” 

The claims also focus on the closure of the Pierce Street Outfall, a combined sewer discharge outfall that allows overflow from the Marina to flow directly into the bay. It was closed in May 2021, though two other outfalls remain close to the Marina’s shoreline.

A public utilities employee exits the Pierce Outfall Tunnel. | Source: Sabrina Wong/SFPUC

“San Francisco decommissioned the Pierce Street outfall because it was in poor condition and had one of the lowest weir elevations,” said the regional water board in a letter to the city, in reference to a low-lying barrier that reduces water flow. “San Francisco chose to decommission the outfall, rather than rehabilitate it, based on the extent of structural work needed for rehabilitation and the complexity of installing necessary backflow prevention.” 

City engineers indicated that the outfall’s closure could increase flooding between 2 and 4 inches during heavy rainfall, though their research did not estimate the extent of where the flooding would hit. 

In light of the Pierce outfall closure and the two bouts of heavy flooding, the water board issued a notice in July asking the city to address flooding and infrastructure issues along Marina Boulevard. It laid down no fewer than 11 requirements for the city to fulfill by October 2023 and February 2024, including retesting rainfall simulations along the north shore and evaluating how climate change affects flooding and discharge incidents. 

An Ongoing, Citywide Infrastructure Issue

The Marina isn’t the only San Francisco neighborhood affected by flooding and infrastructure issues. 

During the worst of the winter storms, knee-high water flooded portions of the Mission. Mission Terrace, in particular, has long struggled with destructive floods that residents attribute to aging infrastructure. A 2008 lawsuit also found the city liable for a flooding incident along Cayuga Avenue that damaged properties. 

“The city knows there are problems that it’s tried to address, but they have preferred up to a point to pay damages than to pay for fixes,” said David Hooper, an organizer with Solutions Not Sandbags. 

Members of the Department of Public Works unpack sandbags to distribute to the public at 2323 Cesar Chavez in San Francisco on January 4, 2023. | Source: Paul Kuroda/The Standard

Nearly six months after the New Year’s Eve flood, the city announced plans to pump millions of dollars into water infrastructure improvements, in a joint effort by Mayor London Breed, the Environmental Protection Agency and the city’s utilities commission. A $369 million loan will go to SF Public Utilities Commission to improve “wastewater resiliency” at a dozen locations across the city, particularly in the face of increasingly unpredictable weather.

None of the initial improvement plans are slated for the Marina, however, and a utilities spokesperson said the infrastructure loan is not related to the claims or flooding in the Marina. The nearest infrastructure improvement plan is for a treatment plant located near Fisherman’s Wharf. 

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that Marina residents had filed a lawsuit. The residents have filed claims with the city, which can be a precursor to a lawsuit.

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Dear Californians,

I’m a little confused.

Wallethub just came out with the happiest places in America for 2022 and, well, it just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. According to the study, there are a whole lot of happy places to live in this great land of ours, but it seems that one state really stands out over the rest. Which one?

California. Yep, the Golden State comes in first place.

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In the Top 10 Happiest Places in America, California made that list six times. Yep, you read that right. Out of the ten happiest places to live in the United States, 60 percent of them are in California. That brings up the question that I think is probably on a whole lot of minds right now, if it’s so great in California, why do you keep moving here?

I mean that’s a legitimate question, right? Especially when you throw in the fact that in the entire state of Montana, there are only two happy places according to the new study. Missoula, which comes in ranked at 73, and Billings which has a ranking of 105.

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Bozeman, which seems to be a magnet for Californians didn’t even show up on the happy list. (probably because we’re not very happy about all of those Californians moving here)

Could it be for the mountains and national parks? I suppose it could be, but you have mountains and national parks in California as well. Yosemite National Park and The Redwood National Forest are breathtaking, plus California has the ocean AND Disneyland.

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How about the cheap house prices here in Montana? I mean maybe. However, here in Bozeman home prices have increased almost 50 percent in the last year and don’t show any sign of slowing down. In fact, there are many places in California that offer far cheaper homes when it comes to price.

Listen, to all of you Californians that are thinking about moving here to Montana, let me be honest with you. It gets cold here. Much colder than you’re used to, in fact, some of us even wear fur. Oh and speaking of fur, we have wild animals here and many of them will eat you.

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Having said that, I would think long and hard before deciding to move here, plus, it sounds like you’ve got it pretty good there in California. So, how about we come to a compromise? Come and visit. Montana is a wonderful place to vacation. We welcome you and your money to come here and stay a few days…a week tops, then head back home and bask in all that California sunshine and happiness.

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Every beach town has its share of pluses and minuses, which got us thinking about what makes a beach town the best one to live in. To find out, Stacker consulted data from WalletHub, released June 17, 2020, that compares US beach towns. Ratings are based on six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. The cities ranged in population from 10,000 to 150,000, but they had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Read the full methodology here. From those rankings, we selected the top 50. Readers who live in California and Florida will be unsurprised to learn that many of the towns featured here are in one of those two states.

Keep reading to see if your favorite beach town made the cut.

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Candis Dorsch, a real estate broker in Bozeman, Mt., has spent years selling vacation homes to Bay Area residents at a healthy clip. But a few months into the pandemic, she said, demand from the Bay exploded.

“I have a vacation rental [in Bozeman],” Dorsch told The Chronicle. “It became slam-booked for the entire summer. Buyers were making phone calls, buyers were buying properties, sight unseen, to get out of the Bay Area. It really happened in the very beginning, and never really stopped.”

The data backs up Dorsch’s observations. In 2020 and 2021, moves from San Francisco to Montana increased by 140% compared to the previous two years — making Montana the state that saw the biggest increase in new San Franciscans during the pandemic.

Overall moves from the Bay Area increased by 51% during that time as well, according to data on migration patterns from the California Policy Lab, a research group based out of the University of California.

The data tracks movements of all Californian adults with active credit information. In order to analyze moves over the same time periods, we looked at data from the first seven quarters of 2020-2021 and compared them to the same period in 2018-2019.

While the SF-to-Montana increase was large in terms of percentage, the data only shows 360 total moves from San Francisco to Montana in 2020 and the first three quarters of 2021, so it’s not like the city is overwhelming Montana on its own. (Nearly 2,400 Bay Area residents moved to the state in 2020-2021, excluding Napa County, which didn’t have enough data for us to include in our analysis.)

But while San Francisco saw the biggest pandemic-era percent increase to Montana, all 10 of California’s most populous counties saw move-outs to the state increase significantly. And based on the 32 counties with enough data for us to measure, at least 13,000 Californians moved to Montana over the last two years — not a small number for a state of just over 1 million residents by the latest census count.

The reasons for this new influx of Californians to Montana are varied. One obvious one is California’s ever-more-prohibitive housing costs, which has contributed to pushing residents out-of-state at record levels during the pandemic.

For more financially secure ex-Californians who can now work remotely, like many of the tech-sector clients with whom Dorsch works, the Big Sky state’s spaciousness, scenic vistas and ample outdoor activities all contributed to its pandemic-era allure. The city of Bozeman has seen an especially large influx of Bay Area tech workers, according to Dorsch, because of its proximity to an international airport and relative connectivity compared to more rural parts of the state.

“Bozeman has kind of become a little Silicon Valley,” she said.

Not everyone is happy about the California-to-Big Sky pipeline. In the public Facebook group “Moving to Bozeman, Montana,” for instance, one user, posting a question about moving logistics in November 2021, apologized for being from California. Another user, responding to her post, warned her not to “California” her new home state.

A large share of Montanans’ frustration with incoming Californians appears to be economically based. From January 2020 through December 2021, home prices in Montana increased by 39% — the fourth-largest increase, by percentage, of any state over that time period.

“It’s insanity,” said Kelly Martin, a real estate agent at Windermere’s downtown Bozeman office. “Half the homes in Bozeman are well over a million and that’s definitely the out-of-staters coming in and paying cash…People born and raised in Montana, it’s almost like they’re completely priced out.”

He said that while the state is building homes “as fast as they can,” shortages of both homebuilding materials and construction workers have slowed the process down, further contributing to the low supply.

“There’s rows of houses that can’t be listed because they can’t get refrigerators in, or stoves. A lot of them are selling with no garage doors, just plywood [over the garages],” he said.

Dorsch agreed that out-of-staters, particularly Californians, are having an impact on the local housing market, and that this is partly what’s frustrating local Montanans.

“It’s very easy to point the finger at Californians who came from million-dollar houses that were little two-bedroom 700 square foot houses and [have helped] drive the price up,” she said.

But some of the tension is cultural, too. Dorsch, who grew up in Montana, still remembers when she moved back home from San Diego with her husband in 1993.

“And the same feeling existed then that exists now, with those who’ve been born and raised in Bozeman, for example, or Montana,” she said. “I don’t want to say they don’t like change, but when change happens, sometimes it’s challenging to embrace.”

Part of what Dorsch sees as her role, then, is to try and ease some of that tension on both sides.

“The conversation we have as realtor[s], with all our past clients and clients moving in, you’re not moving in to change the way Montanans live,” she said. “Likewise, with locals who live here, understand that change is healthy, change is good, and if we don’t have change then we might be dying from a standpoint of economy.”

Susie Neilson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: susie.neilson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susieneilson

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