The city needs to make headway on flood protection efforts in order for the federal government to lift a moratorium on building in Natomas, Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency banned development in Natomas in 2008 because of the threat of flooding. Johnson said at his weekly press conference that flood protection will be one of his priorities in 2010. “We have to make progress so that (FEMA) will lift the moratorium,” Johnson said. New building in Natom... KathleenHaley beerzie comment-20148 2010-01-04T21:05:09Z 2010-01-04T21:05:09Z A stupid initiative from a stupid man. beerzie 2010-01-04T21:05:09Z Marion Millin comment-20037 2009-12-31T09:50:04Z 2009-12-31T09:50:04Z Wouldn't that be known as a Hick Magnet? Marion Millin 2009-12-31T09:50:04Z William Burg comment-20035 2009-12-31T06:36:12Z 2009-12-31T06:36:12Z Perhaps Mayor Johnson should carry out the recommendations of the Grand Jury investigations into development of the Natomas Basin? http://www.sacgrandjury.org/reports/06-07/06-07GrandJuryReport.pdf Of particular interest is the story of development in Natomas, starting on Page 19--"North Natomas: Development Gone Awry" with recommendations on Pages 27-29. Page 65 is interesting too..."The Kings and City and County of Sacramento: Betrayal in the Kingdom?" William Burg 2009-12-31T06:36:12Z thesacramentofly comment-20021 2009-12-30T16:54:27Z 2009-12-30T16:54:27Z maybe if this little hick town city council and b of supps shown some logic reasoning and wisdom when they told NASCAR that mather AFB was not available.HA, Ha Yes the France orginization wanted to purchase MATHER to build a Superspeedway there but no they had all their eggs in onr baskit.Instead they gave away the army depot to a computer manf that was not finacialy,nor technicly relavent.YES NASCAR WAS NOT ASKING FOR THE CITIZENS TO PAY FOR WHAT TODAY COULD HAVE BEEN A JEWEL IN THE REGION. . No mather was to be the air cargo hub for all the high tech manufactures to utilize.Now its run in the red as a tool for corp profit by the few air cargo giants thanks for making sure that sacto remains a non-corp area knowledge will never equal power unless its applied with LOGIC,REASONING AND WISDOM ie thesacramentofly thesacramentofly 2009-12-30T16:54:27Z William Burg comment-20009 2009-12-30T05:28:16Z 2009-12-30T05:28:16Z Would "make progress" mean "build stronger levees"? Let's hope so. Otherwise North Natomas residents might find themselves underwater on more than just their mortgages. William Burg 2009-12-30T05:28:16Z