Sacramento Urges Residents to Buy Flood Insurance

Sacramento officials are encouraging residents who live in a flood-prone neighborhood to buy flood insurance.

New federal flood maps that take effect today designate the region known as Natomas as a hazard zone. That means anyone with a federally backed mortgage must buy flood insurance.

City officials say homeowners who wait to get a policy might have to pay premiums that are five times higher.

The flood designation effectively halts residential construction in what had been one of the fastest-growing areas of Sacramento.

The neighborhood is between downtown and Sacramento International Airport and surrounds the Arco Arena, home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. Thousands of homes, condominiums and apartment buildings have been built there in recent years.

Latest Comments

• December 8, 2008 at 4:41 am

  Dutch Boy says:

  You are right reader, it is aging levies protecting newly developed residential & commercial properties ... all ultimately guaranteed by the State of CA Gov't aka CA Taxpayers... read more
• December 8, 2008 at 2:16 am

  reader says:

  If I recall other articles I've read here, it's not rain they're worried about, it's the levees that are aging and deteriorating. If one of them goes, it would definitely turn... read more
• December 8, 2008 at 12:14 pm

  nobody important says:

  The only time I was ever there it looked like half the town was under water after a long rain. You would think the residents would have plenty of incentive to buy Flood. Then... read more