Logan Heights Reels Back From Devesating Floods

The start of the new year brought heavy rains, thunderstorms, and even a tornado warning to San Diego, CA. With three storms spread over three weeks, flood channels overflowed, causing major flooding to the city. The latest storm brought the city.

Logan Heights, a neighborhood in central San Diego, experienced severe flooding due to some of the canals in the city not having been cleared from the previous storm. Debris piled and blocked passageways for water to flow, increasing the flood levels in the neighborhood, forcing families to evacuate, and inevitably causing severe damage to the homes and property. 

Logan Heights, San Diego

The City of San Diego faced criticism for failing to prepare and aid more vulnerable communities like Logan Heights. The latest storm brought  2.1 inches of rain, which does not account for the massive floods in neighborhoods like Logan Heights. Back in September 2023, NBC 7 San Diego conducted a report and interviewed stormwater director Rob Snyder, where he detailed the dangerously vulnerable situation with thousands of miles of expired storm pipes, having already caused 20 sinkholes the previous year as a direct result of those same pipes bursting underground.  

On February 7, 2024, residents gathered at Chicano Park to call out the city for its negligence and failure to protect the community. They marched through Barrio Logan, holding signs saying, “No one came to help us.” and demanded accountability from the city. 

During the City Council’s 2025 Budget Priority meeting on February 13th, flood victims demanded a plan. They voiced their devastation, detailing the loss of their homes left without alternative housing and missing work and income. Logan Heights is all too familiar with experiencing displacement at the hands of the city.