Climate change has unleashed flurries of rain on a city with an antiquated sewer system , and the severity of future storms is not going to lessen .
On this episode of the Fifth & Mission podcast, reporter St. John "Sinjin" Barned-Smith joins host Cecilia Lei to talk about what San Francisco officials can and can't do , and a brewing fight over who will pay for the extensive damage.
Keep up to date with The Chronicle's weather coverage .
Photo above: San Francisco public works employees work on fallen tree in the Mission District on Dec. 31.