… Over the first few days of the year, water levels in the San Francisco Bay Area hit record highs as the winter storms collided with king tides. Marin County, one of the hardest-hit areas, tallied over $4.3 million in damage from coastal and inland flooding across its central and southern zones, including a costly levee failure. … Efforts to upgrade Santa Venetia’s levee infrastructure, estimated to cost $25 million, have stalled for years due to a variety of funding issues, including lukewarm community support for a parcel tax. The county is still seeking federal, state and local funding to build a new floodwall. In order to conduct the project, the county also still needs to purchase easements from all the people with bordering properties.