Rancho Peñasquitos Homeowners Learn "You Can't fight City Hall"
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| Street View of Property from Carmel Mountain in Feb 2020, before landslide. (google maps) |
Mudslide in Rancho Peñasquitos Threatens Hilltop Home – NBC 7 San Diego
“We’ve
got a problem,” a Rancho Penasquitos homeowner said when he saw the
giant mudslide on the hillside under where his house sits. NBC 7’s Lauren
Coronado reports. The story mentions Black Mountain, but must be Carmel Mountain.
San Diego pays $850,000 to 4 families for damage from Rancho Peñasquitos landslide [they sued for $12M]- The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO —
San Diego is paying out $850,000 to four families whose Rancho Peñasquitos properties were damaged by a 2020 landslide the families blame on leaking city water pipes.
The payout is far less than the $12 million the families sought when they sued the city in August 2020, four month after the April landslide.
37-2020-00022522-CU-EI-CTL
San Diego Superior Court – Central Division
City officials deny that a water leak caused the landslide, contending that improper grading of the properties caused a similar landslide in 2005 and that the grading has never been properly repaired by the property owners.
City officials also note that the landslide followed heavy rains in March and April that year, making a leak in city water pipes unlikely to be a primary cause.
The City Council is scheduled to approve the payout Tuesday in open session. The council approved the payout Oct. 16 in a session closed to the public.
The settlement prompted Superior Court Judge James Mangione to cancel a trial in the case he had scheduled for Dec. 15.
The four homes are on Paseo Zaldivar, just south of Mt. Carmel High School.
The plaintiffs who will share in the payout are Kristopher Fukuda and Susan Wou-Fukuda, Jiang Xin, Timothy and Yuki Rosenkoetter, and Dan and Stephanie Steink
Back in 2005 - Landslides continue to threaten homes, yards - The San Diego Union-Tribune
NORTH COUNTY —— The rain may have abated, but the still-saturated soil continued to wreak havoc in several North County communities.
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Over in Rancho Penasquitos, several residents on Paseo Zaldivar were experiencing a slow landslide in their back yards that prompted city staff to designate a swimming pool unsafe. Robert Hawk, a senior engineer and geologist in the city of San Diego’s Division of Building and Safety, said at this time no structures were threatened and no one was at risk.
In both cases, city staff with Carlsbad and San Diego said thelandslides were occurring on private property and were likely theresult of the record rainfall in San Diego County that has causeddamage throughout the region. They said repairs would be borne bythe property owners.
....In Rancho Penasquitos, three to four homes are affected by, but are not threatened by, a sliding hillside behind Paseo Zaldivar that has caused the sidewalk on Sundevil Way to buckle and created a dipin the street.
One resident has had the ground wash away under his deck,exposing his swimming pool, Hawk said. Another resident had the land slip down by 2 feet in his back yard. Fences and other improvements on the property are being damaged, he said.
“Even though it’s cracking, it doesn’t present a risk to anyone,” Hawk said.
The city plans to deal with the repairs on public property like the street below, he said.
The residents could not be reached for comment Monday.
Contact staff writer Yvette Urrea at (760) 901-4076 or yurrea@nctimes.com.
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