A nearly three year battle between homeowners affected by the 2007 landslide on Mt. Soledad Road in a La Jolla neighborhood is now over. I first blogged about this event shortly after it happened as well as during some of the early investigations and remediation work and the legal affairs. Then in October of 2009, a California Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of the City of San Diego in a lawsuit by homeowners, agreeing with the City that the landslide was a result of the local geology (paleo landslide) and not the actions of the City.
Last week the San Diego City Council voted to approve a $284,000 settlement over the 2007 landslide that ensured the homeowners would not file an appeal. There were originally 65 homeowners that sued the City, and San Diego spent over $6 million in outside legal fees fighting the suits. That’s in addition to the roughly $20 million it paid for emergency cleanup and stabilization consisting of shear pins and drains.
Another El Nino storm just moved through Southern California culminating in significant rainfall on Saturday producing mudslides and debris flows in the area hit by this past September’s Station Fire. More after the break. (Photo from