The Harris County Commissioners Court held a public hearing on its controversial budget and tax rate on Thursday, but another agenda item was top of mind for Billy Guevara, Doris Brown, and members of the disaster response advocacy group West Street Recovery: the unveiling of a dashboard to track $2.5 billion worth of flood bond projects that were approved seven years ago.

Guevara lost six family members who tried to outrun Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and drowned in the floodwaters of Halls Bayou. Brown’s northeast Houston home flooded, the roof caved in, and FEMA rejected her application for assistance. West Street Recovery was formed shortly after Harvey to help Houstonians like Guevara and Brown.

Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and southeast Texas, flooding more than 100,000 stru

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