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Santa Barbara County Settled for $4 million in damages to Orcutt homes when the retention basin at UVP and Bradley Road failed during the January storms of 2023. Eight properties on Parkland Drive, Hibiscus Court and Country Hill Road, including one home that was knocked off its foundation, were severely damaged from the downpour of water and resultant debris.
15 plaintiffs who owned eight properties filed a lawsuit in Santa Maria Superior Court. The plaintiffs were awarded 4.5 million dollars from defendants Santa Barbara County, the County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and West Bay Agriculture Holdings, who had agriculture operations near Highway 101 and Union Valley Parkway.
The retention basin at the southeast corner of Union Valley Parkway and Bradley Road collapsed after it filled with rain and overflow from Mud lake located at the corner of Via Santa Maria and Kenneth Avenue.
West Bay provided $525,000 in the settlement which claimed agriculture runoff contributed to the damage.
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