Despite recent courtroom win, San Jose flood victims await relief five years later

SAN JOSE RESIDENTS who suffered through a disastrous flood enjoyed a significant courtroom victory just weeks before the five-year anniversary of the catastrophe that upended their lives.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil Kulkarni struck down a motion for summary judgment on Jan. 27 filed by Valley Water. The district filed its motion in an attempt to dismiss consolidated litigation filed by a group of more than 250 San Jose residents who claim the district failed to take adequate flood control measures around Coyote Creek, resulting in a massive flood after rains breached Anderson Dam in 2017.