Flooded Home, No Answers | Sacramento News

Sacramento News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 22, 2026 · 1m

A Riverbank family is drowning in both water and bureaucracy after years of flooding linked to a highway project’s damaged drainage pipe. Melissa Sandoval and her disabled father now live in a tarp-covered, one-room setup, surviving without running water for seven months. Despite pleading at city meetings for help—including temporary housing and a property assessment—their pleas have gone unanswered. Stanislaus County claims the property isn’t part of their project, while Riverbank City Council admits decades of miscommunication and vows to launch a topographic study to clarify…