A Marin County neighborhood with a deteriorating coastal barrier is already feeling the impacts of king tides and coastal flooding sweeping into the Bay Area this week. … The North Bay started to feel the effects earlier this week when flooded roadways stranded a driver in Mill Valley, and now officials are focusing on a deteriorating 2-mile levee protecting 700 homes in an unincorporated community of San Rafael. … Bordering Gallinas Creek near where it empties into San Francisco Bay, the neighborhood was originally built as a luxury canal development modeled after Venice, Italy. … In September, the Marin County Flood Control District submitted an additional environmental review for the proposed Santa Venetia floodwall — a massive upgrade to replace the current levee system. It has also asked property owners to consider donating an easement so it can use their property to “construct, inspect, maintain, repair or replace flood protection infrastructure.”

Other levee news:

• ABC10 (Sacramento, Calif.): Key levee fortified, reducing Stockton neighborhood’s flood risk
• California Department of Water Resources: News release: Critical stretch of Stockton levee improvements completed in time for El Niño winter