How the Great Flood of 1862 inspired Measure AA
When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City in 2012, it was a wake-up call for Bay Area Council members, who were glued to coverage of the devastation from their tenth floor offices near San Francisco’s Ferry Building… They asked themselves if the disaster unfolding 3,000 miles away could strike here too. [They] realized the answer was yes when they learned about the Great Flood of 1862, the worst in California’s recorded history.