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  2. California landslides - Wikipedia

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    The State of California Department of Conservation produces regulatory maps showing locations where the hazard from earthquake-triggered landslides must be evaluated prior to specific types of land-use development in accordance with provisions of Public Resources Code, Section 2690 et seq. (Seismic Hazards Mapping Act). These maps and related ...

  3. Landslide mitigation - Wikipedia

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    Landslides can be triggered by many, sometimes concomitant causes. In addition to shallow erosion or reduction of shear strength caused by seasonal rainfall, landslides may be triggered by anthropic activities, such as adding excessive weight above the slope, digging at mid-slope or at the foot of the slope. Often, individual phenomena join to ...

  4. Rancho Palos Verdes faces 'unprecedented new scenario' over ...

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    In the last few weeks, Southern California Gas Co. shut off service to 135 homes in the landslide area, citing safety concerns from the worsening land movement.

  5. ‘Hell no, we’re not leaving’: A California community defies ...

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    A red tagged home continues to show recent damage due to the ongoing landslide in the Portuguese Bend neighborhood in Palos Verdes on June 21, 2024. - Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

  6. Alquist Priolo Special Studies Zone Act - Wikipedia

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    The Seismic Hazards Mapping Act, passed in 1990, addresses non-surface fault rupture earthquake hazards, including liquefaction and seismically induced landslides. The act only applies to faults which are "sufficiently active" and "well defined"- for example the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on a blind thrust fault not zoned by the act ...

  7. California declares state of emergency over Rancho Palos ...

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for the city of Rancho Palos Verdes Tuesday after the risk of ongoing landslides recently forced authorities to shut off power for more ...

  8. Palos Verdes Peninsula landslides - Wikipedia

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    In 2024, Congressman Ted Lieu secured one million dollars for the Rolling Hills Landslide Mitigation Project, which is expected to improve wastewater flow and reduce the risk of additional landslides in the Flying Triangle landslide area within the city boundaries. [39]

  9. Landslides are destroying multimillion-dollar homes in ...

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    The deep landslides beneath the multimillion-dollar homes in Rancho Palos Verdes moved at an almost glacial pace, until they didn’t. This affluent coastal city in Southern California, around 30 ...