TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A rezoning fight on Tucson’s northeast side is raising big questions for all of Pima County.

Casita Village at La Mariposa is a proposed community of more than 120 luxury rental units.

The city of Tucson calls it safe, while neighbors call it a dangerous gamble.

So who’s right?

The Catalinas and Rincons are storm factories. Research shows when those clouds burst, the runoff barrels straight into the Agua Caliente Wash. If the flood models get it wrong, the failures ripple far beyond a single property line.

Severe flooding in 2023 pushed past mapped boundaries.

Three feet of water surrounded Jane Rojas’ home, the worst flooding she and her husband have seen.

Jane Rojas said the water was all the way around her house and that it was moving fast an

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