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LEVEE TAX PASSES
Construction of dry levee south of Manteca targeted to start in 2026 ahead of 15 miles of river levee upgrades
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The existing dry lee protecting southwest Manteca will be extended eastward, widened and increased in height to provide enhanced flood protection.
Just over 75 percent of impacted property owners cast votes to impose an assessment to leverage $473 million in enhanced flood protection for southwest Manteca, Lathrop, and the Weston Ranch area of Stockton. The unofficial count of weight ballots — every dollar in assessed value equating one vote — was completed Friday after the mail-in ballot election ended during a San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency (SJAFCA) hearing conducted Thursday at Lathrop City Hall.