Please Help Victims of Palos Verdes Landslide & Watch this Interview with Homeowner

Help is needed The Palos Verdes Peninsula Association of Realtors (PVPAR) has aligned with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Rotary Club to find ways to support residents impacted by the recent Rancho Palos Verdes landslides. Both organizations are helping with dinners for the residents, facilitating the needs residents may have by checking our resource lists to connect them with a donor, and whatever else may come up as this situation evolves.
I am the President of PVPAR and started a task force to help coordinate relief efforts. If you are interested in volunteering or donating goods, please contact [e-mail]
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The Back Story: how did we get here?!
The Portuguese Bend Landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes, California is 260 acres of rolling hills and spectacular ocean views. At a depth of 135 feet there is a layer of Bentonite which is compressed volcanic clay, and the ground moves due to water dynamics and coastal erosion. Before 2 years of heavy rains, the landslide was moving 1 inch a month, 600 feet over 60 years, which was manageable and could be maintained. More than average rains over the last two years have escalated the movement. The City of RPV recently discovered there is a second slip plane at 300 feet deep that is moving 3.5 - 4.5 feet a week. New cracks, fissures, and broken pipes have become constant maintenance and construction.
Gas and Electricity are now cut off with two days’ notice in approximately 4 neighborhoods leaving residents scrambling to replace vital utilities.
Approximately
130 homes in Portuguese Bend
53 homes in Portuguese Bend Beach Club
45 homes in Rolling Hills
55 homes in the Seaview neighborhood
Total of 344 homes are now without gas or electricity. Some properties need extensive repairs as well as propane conversions and solar energy utilities. Most homes have gas generators buzzing throughout the day to provide electricity. Residents were able to hook up generators to pumps to keep the sewer going, if not they would be forced to move.
CA Water is dedicated to maintaining service. Watering wells were installed in the past but have failed in recent years and many of the canyons are fueling the fissures with runoff water.
There is major water control infrastructure that is needed to prevent more water from entering the fissure and slide area. At the shoreline, there are about 3 football fields of land that have risen out of the ocean nearly 30 feet in the last 7 months.
There is a hump at the Portuguese Bend Beach Club that appears to continue to rise, already about 30 plus feet higher than the original level.
The amount of change in this area is unfathomable. Many of these residents have lived in their home for over 30 years and have their life savings invested in the property. Several elderly families need assistance to remain in the area and maintenance to keep up with the changing environment.
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[@benmartinez8443]

Don’t build houses on ground that moves. The developer who built those houses screwed the buyers.

[@davebrown8260]

My brother and I went to Lunada bay to surf, and got harassed by the locals while we were on our boards. Left only to find they slashed our tires. Called the cops, and no one showed up. I'm enjoying the landslide.

[@benmartinez8443]

Surfers are that way everywhere.

[@olivialynnbenavides]

This is nowhere near LB

[@Nurjamila1]

@@benmartinez8443 No, they are not.

[@justagirlsd3000]

Locals suck

[@gina000]

So because you had a bad experience from some unrelated and known a*holes you are going to relish in peoples misery? I bet your interpersonal life is just as messy as your thought process.

[@ronaldmiller8792]

Why do you expect to be able to stop this. That is a large area and a massive amount of soil sliding. Winter and the rains are not that far off from occurring and that will just help to make the sliding worse. You are fighting mother nature and guess who will win.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@ronaldmiller8792 speculation is there is water pressure and possibly an artesian well under the ground. Getting this water out will help. There used to be de watering wells were in place that kept the movement down to an inch a month. If the runoff water from the upper part of the hill and in the canyons is piped down to the ocean that would help a lot.

[@ronaldmiller8792]

@@PalosVerdesHouses I feel sorry for the people living there and it is horrible to live without gas, electricity and sewage disposal. One inch/month slippage in the past is not a small amount of movement. The problem now is not just to remove the water but to somehow dry the soil out on the slip planes. As long as the soil is wet, slippage will occur as gravity and the inertia of that moving mass of soil will be very hard to stop it now.

[@rtqii]

@@PalosVerdesHouses I honestly think it is too late for that. Once the bentonite gets saturated and the ground starts moving like this, you can't dewater it. I know that the road extension is blamed for starting the slide at Portuguese Bend, but all of the 150 or so houses that were located on top of the slide had septic systems.

[@justagirlsd3000]

@@PalosVerdesHouses artisan well doesn't that mean it's a running spring? We had one on our road in Jamul. It was always running until they paved over it. I Wonder if the road had issues.

[@user-he2dz8ye7f]

Beautiful & majestic area - 1 of the nicest in the US. If these people are bailed out, it should be only for the price they originally paid or the value of the land as a park. Can't bail out everyone. Let them buy a home in OC or SD in today's market...guess what? They can't. It's like a stock market investment - they rolled the dice and lived good for many years and the home prices went up 10x. Now it's come crashing down. They don't deserve any special treatment or reward for it. Just move out and be safe elsewhere

[@SusieAspen]

Just sad for our friends losing their beautiful homes. Sending love and prayers..

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

Thank you -

[@terilea782]

I grew up on the peninsula...PVHS grad '68. Used to spend my summers at the Abalone Club, surf Bluff Cove & Haggerty's. Went to Malaga Cove Jr. High. My heart is breaking for those wonderful people that worked hard all their life & their home is slipping down the hill. PV is in my heart & my soul. This is so painful to watch. Thank you so much for keeping us informed. You are a wonderful person.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@terilea782 thanks for watching

[@teedamartoccia6075]

Fortunately, no lives have been lost. They shouldn’t allow anymore homes or structures to be built in this area ever again.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

there is a moritorium in the area

[@robertlelis3410]

They had a ban on development.. property owners sued the city. Let them sleep in the bed THEY MADE !

[@Nurjamila1]

An inch a day, So devastating. Bentonite clay & the whole thing being man made with a drilled well & the damage to all of these homes. Sending love & will spread the word. The magnitude of it all & the people so affected are heartbreaking.

[@DolceMar56]

But people that know this, they will continue telling people to buy houses there!!!!

[@StevenCosmos]

Devastating to see this beautiful community being destroyed. Thank you for posting up-dated video's so we can witness this geologic phenomena. Hopefully, everyone will stay safe and realize when to find solid ground. My heart goes out to the homeowner who lost that dream barn. It was so beautiful it's heartbreaking.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

THANK YOU!

[@sincerelyjerry244]

Thank you

[@gina000]

Thank you for giving a thorough explanation as to how it came to be. I wonder what ancient volcano erupted that spewed ash there. I hope a sustainable and practical solution is found that gives them relief and hopefully save the land.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@gina000 check the comments below. There was a good explanation. Thanks for watching.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@rtqii 13 hours ago @PalosVerdesHouses There is extensive geology on this. Apparently this clay resulted from oxidized volcanic ash that was deposited from submarine vents. It is dated to various eruptions during the Miocene epoch. It is part of a layered volcanic ash deposit named "Portuguese Tuff" and is part of a larger formation called the Monterey Formation. These tuff and bentonite layers were deposited underwater apparently.

[@verumverbi]

Thanks Jason. Truly heartbreaking.

[@garykidd4468]

Will the whole place just slip into the ocean? It seems futile to try and stay if it all winds up under water in a few years.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

its moving towards the ocen, but still quite a ways from "falling in to the sea" Most are optomistic that the dewatering wells will slow down the slide enough to save most of the homes.

[@BoilerMaker56]

Really these people need help? How many homes did you sell them? This is nothing compared to what North Carolina and Tennessee flooding has done to people. Tell them to move and let the homes go. stop building on the coasts.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

There are elderly people who have invested everything into their home and need assistance. I recognize the suffering in other parts of the country as well.

[@gina000]

This has nothing to do with the recent NC or TN flooding. Not sure what reality you’re living in to be able to compare two unrelated events.

[@BoilerMaker56]

@@gina000 my point is spend the money to save the people in North Carolina and Tennessee not on the coast of California with the ground always moving.

[@Michael-eg2pw]

@@PalosVerdesHouses Racist old people get zero sympathy. These are the people who moved to a community and signed the protective restrictions during the transaction. Go to City Hall and ask for a copy - you'll see the restrictions are still there, just whited out in original booklets. I'll happily send them money when they acknowledge what they signed. I bet you don't have the courage to keep this reply up.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@Michael-eg2pw a presumption (racist) and a challenge (courage) with a lie (happily send money) are you a real person or a bot?

[@markmedley6849]

On a happier note, you look really good if you moved to RPV in 1975. Keep doing what you are doing. I’ve been watching this on the news and it’s so awful to see people’s homes /savings destroyed. I don’t think insurance is covering any of the loss. If I lost my house, I think I would buy a camper to live in on the land like many in Malibu after the fires. I wouldn’t have anywhere to go.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

if the City allows it, a camper is a good idea.

[@Amy-kl1zz]

Your love and passion for the city and its residents is evident. Great information!!

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@Amy-kl1zz thank you

[@johnengel5308]

Living in a Slide Zone, What Did U Think Would Eventually Happen?? --- "De-Nile" is NOT a River in Egypt as Country Artist "Pam Tillis" Would Say. -- Buying a Home Here Was a "Ticking Time Bomb"!! -- Nothing More Than "Russian Roulette." -- & All it Took For the "House of Cards" to Fall Was a Couple of Rainy Seasons.

[@VintageLPs]

I love this area of Southern California and years ago I attended a wedding of a close friend that was held in the backyard of a home in Palos Verde. Where I live in another state, it is forest fire danger or a big earthquake which we haven’t had since 1935 and 1936 that destroyed a good portion of the town. This summer it is costing me $26,000 to have 150’x8’ of 45-yr. old junipers that died after two early winter frosts in a row, removed from two hills. The company shows up once a week for a few hours if I am lucky and I will be surprised if the job is done before the first snowstorm. They also damaged my sprinkler system which I had to have fixed on Saturday. If I had to use a generator I wouldn’t know how and without Internet I’d have to buy an iPhone in order to stay online. It’s heartbreaking what is happening.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

Sorry for your struggles - I hope you get prepared for a safe winter.

[@desertlandscapecreations577]

I came to visit a friend in 1979.....I thought the place was incredibly awesome...now, 45 years later...its a NIGHTMARE

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

yea - its an awesome area with a nightmare problem...

[@deadbeat9126]

These people are wealthy, they don't need help. They will be fine....

[@desertlandscapecreations577]

"California tumbles into the sea" Steely Dan

[@silk9775]

good stuff, Thanks

[@LarryMcNeely-me4px]

It is a shame I have watched this since childhood. I think the only thing the property can be used for now is for an RV campground, no buildings can survive

[@bypinkerton892]

That's a good idea.... Different levels to RV Park.... Demolish all the structures that are cracking.... & Pay those homeowners with a share of the RV park.... Which would be lifelong income.... They could even buy an RV & continue to Enjoy the View....

[@ezrhino100]

why do rich people constantly request bailouts? i have driven this road countless times. the roads alone should make you question the geology of the area.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

a large majority of the people in this area have lived there for 30 years plus and have everything invested. it wasn't this bad before the heavy rains of the last few years -

[@ezrhino100]

@@PalosVerdesHouses so how do you plan on selling any of these homes?

[@Once800-]

Is it true PV landowners (in 1990s) sued and won the lawsuit in order to build the homes?

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

yes, The Monk lawsuit allowed properties that were in moritorium to be lifted and then built. Some of them on casons, and some have had extensive damage recentlty. The remaining lots that were not in the Monk lawsuit were also given the right to build, but now there is a moritorium on everything for upper and lower Portuguese Bend. Seaview did not have the same restrictions - and did not have movement like this until recently.

[@texasboy5117]

Were these people tricked into buying these houses? Most of the homes are well over 1 million dollars, were they first time buyer who did not know any better? I'm sorry if you buy these homes which have been shifting for 60 + years it's up to you to deal with the issue.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@texasboy5117 they were not tricked. There are many local reports given to the buyers. It's really just a beautiful are.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Location is a gorgeous area of the SoCal coast so I can see why prospective homeowners thought well, these houses in the area have been here for several years and risk must be low.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@williamlloyd3769 during the drought there was very little movement. i dont think anyone suspected it would accelerate to this magnitude.

[@heatherhuang5919]

Our heart broke for the families in the Portuguese Bend area. Wondering if the whole peninsula is affected by the recent land movement. Our family owns a house on the other side of RPV near Vista Grande, how concerned should we be?

[@Lugeix]

Where did the bentonite come from? Where is the volcano or fissure that created it?

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@Lugeix I've been wondering that myself. I heard that Catalina has the same geological rocks that Palos Verdes does, so perhaps when they separated it had something to do with that?

[@rtqii]

@@PalosVerdesHouses There is extensive geology on this. Apparently this clay resulted from oxidized volcanic ash that was deposited from submarine vents. It is dated to various eruptions during the Miocene epoch. It is part of a layered volcanic ash deposit named "Portuguese Tuff" and is part of a larger formation called the Monterey Formation. These tuff and bentonite layers were deposited underwater apparently.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@rtqii that is great detail... Thank you!

[@olivialynnbenavides]

Thank you for the update on the situation it’s incredibly frustrating because when there’s no Press people can’t know. I will follow you and share this video on my social media. I am a retired equestrian and the riding club in PB is the most beautiful one in the world and I’m worried about how this will affect it.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

its changing a lot. hope they can slow it down

[@drunvert]

Its "slowed" down now to 8" a week from 12"

[@justagirlsd3000]

How do you expect anyone to change the sliding peninsula that’s been sliding my whole 64 years?

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

i hope they can slow it down and divert the water from entering the fissure

[@justagirlsd3000]

@@PalosVerdesHouses 🙏🏽

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

@@justagirlsd3000 it used to only move about an inch a month. However, after the heavy seasons of rain the slide is now moving about an inch a day.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

Me too!!

[@dexterthecorgi]

Yeah right. Let's bail out these snooty millionaires. Not the truly needy in Erwin, Tennessee. Or Asheville, North Carolina. Or countless other communities and people devastated through no fault of their own by Hurricane Helene. Let's bail out these snooty millionaires. This is without a doubt the most crass appeal for "help" I have ever seen. Wish there was a way to permanently block you from ever showing up in my KZbin again.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

Lots of people have asked how they can help, and we have created a way to give assistance to those in need. Especially onces that are older and can't manage to fill the generator with gas, or rebuild a fence to keep their animals in the property, or countless other thing that happen daily. The hurricane was tragic and devistating, and I feel sorry for their loss. I am directling my attention to trying to help and make a difference-

[@gina000]

This has nothing to do with those states. I do not understand the need to compare this landslide to Helene damage. Your comment is without a doubt the most crass and asinine comment I have read in a while. Since you are likely a Christian why don’t you go thoughts and prayers some Helene death toll youtube video, I am sure it will be helpful.

[@Cagsjdr5]

Is it possible to excavate the land behind to take some of the weight off? Like dig a valley behind the slide? I’ve been watching ur story from Western Australia-I’m so sad for the homeowners

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

Good day... I did study abroad in Austraila - loved it.. THanks for watching. The bentonite layer is 130 feet deep, so it would be a massive project to excavate. I think the fissures are swallowing the land, it appears that some parts are sinking lower, but its at such a large scale its hard to monitor and know if its moving down, or sideways, or likely both.

[@Cagsjdr5]

@@PalosVerdesHouses you’re very welcome… it’s a fascinating story… yes it would be an absolutely gigantic project-but so were things like the London to Paris train tunnel, or some of the enormous land reclaims various countries have done around the world. Or (different again) in WA we have the Kalgoorlie Super Pit… open cut gold mine.. it’s about 3.5k long, 1.5k wide and 600m deep… The amount of dirt generated by such a massive excavation could also then be used to stabilise the front and sides of the slide. Maybe be crazy… might work tho… if these people would like to save their neighbourhood then they need to take the pressure off wherever it’s coming from, and stabilise the front of the slope.. it’s just gonna speed up otherwise.. thanks heaps for getting back to me 😊

[@sierrapeaks]

I saw your name mentioned in the WSJ on an article about the slide

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

yeah - thanks. I thought Nancy did a good job from the homeowner perspective.. Thank you.

[@Headtube]

Look at the devastation going on around the country (and world) from climate change and then listen to the sob stories in Palos Verdes. This story pales in comparison. If you're going to help some one.....help people who've lost EVERYTHING.....not just their utility connections.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

yes, the last few weeks have had some massive devistation

[@ibcrypto6139]

Can't they do something to drill and pump out all that water? I thought we were i a drought?

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

There are two separate layers of Bentonite - one at 130 feet, and another closer to 300 feet that is moving faster. The deeper one is hard to access because it may break the drilling rod or well. It takes the rain water a long time to reach this deep, therefore, we are still feeling the affects of heavy rain of the last two years contributing to the current slide (so I have been told)

[@jceddy1]

Yep, they're rich. We all know that. But honestly, I'd rather see the government help out here than send another $10b to a foreign country to buy more weapons from us. Feels better to help out citizens than fund global death and destruction IMO

[@desertlandscapecreations577]

This is WORSE than living g in a third world country!!!!!!!

[@newsyflow681]

The IDEA that one would knowingly live in a house that is actively sliding down a hill.... OMG! How stupid does one have to be. Any they've known about this for DECADES. I have NO sympathy for these people who can afford to buy a home somewhere safe. The chapel they were smart and removed it to save it. Why haven't these other people not moved? Denial? Do you really think putting in sump pumps is going to save you? LOL

[@rzellmer219]

would it be cheaper to just pay the homeowners for what they paid for the property vs spending $$ to continue to try and fix day after day.. of course no homeowner is going to be ok with just getting what they paid at least the ones that bought 40 years ago.. the ones that bought in the past 2 years would be happy i'm sure.. I thought it's less than 300 homes affected, but not for sure.

[@Marty647]

Never trust a Realtor.

[@mikeperdew2719]

Dond build your house on a sand dune

[@Cross-xm2fr]

Where can we donate

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

swipesimple.com/links/lnk_e7d2bca4a33ddaf7734eff322d18b99e

[@debl9957]

I'd think it would be less expensive for everyone to have the local government buy out the homeowners and let nature take over the land. Trying to fix what, in the end, can't be fixed will eat up a lot of tax dollars. Heartbreaking to hear the resident's story here.

[@PalosVerdesHouses]

that may be an option

[@bypinkerton892]

I came up with an idea to replace structures with levels to RV park.... Paying those homeowners a share of the RV Park... Giving them a lifelong income.... & They may want to get an RV & stay there to continue to Enjoy the Views..... Check your lost & found for my removed comments....

[@claudermiller]

IDGAF.

[@BetAgain2]

FED must print 1 billion for these victims now.

[@RNBarbaraP]

The Fed is all of US. WE pay for these people who chose to build homes in this unstable area that they KNEW had issues!

[@evecarrington562]

@@RNBarbaraP This person is being sarcastic.

[@GailJordan-ox8zg]

Beautiful views, and love pepper trees, too bad with the land movement, maybe just leave the land alone make it a preserve. What a mess, maybe Biden can help these people out instead of sending our tax money to the Ukraine.....just saying.