Risk Signals

Insights and inspiration from our community.

Helen Wiley Helen Wiley

Protecting Homes and Building Trust: OneShoreline’s Home Protection and Insurability Initiative

The community of Belle Air in San Bruno, California has a long history of flooding. To address this threat, a team of community partners led by OneShoreline, a regional government agency, is empowering residents through a low-cost, household-level approach to flood resilience. By reducing the impacts of chronic flooding at both this household scale and at the community scale, OneShoreline is working to lower uninsured flood losses.

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Kayla Calkins Kayla Calkins

Lessons from the Isleton, CA Community Based Flood Insurance Pilot

Image: Isleton, California in 2024. (Alysha Beck/UC Davis) As many communities, small and large, face ongoing and increasing risk of flooding, new approaches to help residents prepare and recover are becoming increasingly important. The City of Isleton, CA is taking an innovative approach.

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