LOS ANGELES : Council OKs $900,000 for Landslide Damage
The Los Angeles City Council voted this week to pay $900,000 to a Pacific Palisades woman whose hillside home suffered severe damage during a 1993 landslide.
More than a dozen homeowners have filed claims against the city and Caltrans, accusing them of weakening the bluffs during construction of Pacific Coast Highway and other roads. Last month, two couples received $2.5 million from the city.
In addition to the council’s latest award, Josephine Hees will receive $300,000 from Caltrans, her attorney said. The 80-year-old woman, who has lived in her hilltop home on Porto Marina Way since 1952, stayed there despite the dangerous conditions caused by the landslide. The home was declared uninhabitable after the Northridge quake.
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