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2. Central Valley land subsidence - Wikipedia

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   A controlled system of dams and canals have been built by state and federal agencies to ensure a steady flow of water into the valley primarily to support agriculture. The California State Water Project and the Central Valley Project are the two main projects diverting surface water into the valley. This system helps prevent spring flooding and ...

3. Lateral and subjacent support - Wikipedia

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   If a neighbor's excavation or excessive extraction of underground liquid deposits (crude oil or aquifers) causes subsidence, such as by causing the landowner's land to cave in, the neighbor will be subject to strict liability in a tort action. The neighbor will also be strictly liable for damage to buildings on the landowner's property if the ...

4. Subsidence - Wikipedia

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   Subsidence frequently causes major problems in karst terrains, where dissolution of limestone by fluid flow in the subsurface creates voids (i.e., caves).If the roof of a void becomes too weak, it can collapse and the overlying rock and earth will fall into the space, causing subsidence at the surface.

5. California quietly ended single family zoning, allowing four ...

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   (The Center Square) - California quietly doubled down on its termination of single family zoning, ending loopholes that allowed municipalities to block an earlier state law designed to let owners ...

6. Sinking US cities already face ‘real impacts’ as subsidence ...

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7. Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn - AOL

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   Fire-Hardened Homes. In 2020, then-state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced a bill that would have required local governments to impose building code, brush management, and road design standards ...

8. Monterey Hills, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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   From 1989-1990 The Monterey Hills Development on whole was the subject of the longest civil jury trial in Los Angeles County History due to land subsidence. The Castro firm sued the massive 200-unit Eaton Crest project in Monterey Hills, a structure that was constructed on an unstable 100-foot-deep (30 m) backfill. The Los Angeles Times ...

9. Mine subsidence insurance - AOL

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