'Nobody has that much money': One sinking city's fight against rising sea levels in the United States

By Kim Brunhuber

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To address the threat, during the recent primary elections the city proposed a ballot measure: $90 million US worth of property tax increases to fund raising the levees by 2½ metres. Foster City residents voted yes, by more than 80 per cent.

Once the levees are upgraded, Moneda says, they should be high enough to meet the projected sea level rise, at least until 2050.

"If sea level rise occurs sooner than year 2050, then prior to that we would have to evaluate and come up with a solution," Moneda says. 

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