Numerous city departments in San Francisco on Thursday outlined how they’re getting ready to mitigate and respond to possible historic flooding and rainfall due to the Super El Niño weather pattern expected this winter.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey called for the hearing at the Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee meeting, inviting city agencies such as the Department of Emergency Management, Fire Department, Public Utilities Commission, Port of San Francisco, Public Works, Recreation and Park Department, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and others.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.