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Plan to divert future property tax to pay for flood protection
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Crews work on shoring up the San Joaquin River levee designed for 100-year flood protection adjacent to Lathrop High in this photo taken in 2017.
The 5,157 homes plus 11 million square feet of business parks and retail space Manteca hopes to build in the 200-year floodplain will have the municipal general fund awash in money.