[AT] Farm flooding update California - new info

[Grant Brians]

Dave, government is only peripherally involved in the cause of the 
damage. Because stream clearance has been prohibited without a lengthy 
and expensive process of approval and the flood control district never 
had taxing authority and no one wanted to run for a position it went 
defunct. It exists on paper but not in fact. As a result I was working 
with the county's flood agency before these floods to help get the 
needed functions operational under their legal purview, but nothing 
concrete had been done yet in the last 9 months I was pushing....
      No, this is not on land I own either, I just lease it. This makes 
things more complicated yet. In short, I will be continuing to see if it 
is possible to recover from the damage there or not. So in regards to 
act of God or not it depends on who wants it to be or not be one. If it 
were not so serious for me I would be laughing because it is truly funny 
how things can get messed up when the community does not come together 
to resolve issues.
               Grant Brians
On 2/4/2017 2:51 PM, Dave wrote:
> I can understand what you describe, Mike and agree that IF the government was responsible for Grant’s situation then they should be held accountable. But in Grant’s case it sounded like an act of God and I was wondering if I had missed something. Thanks!
> 	Dave
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