To the editor: When one makes an funding, one ought to undertake the due diligence to find out if one can afford to take the danger (“After years of disaster-level landslides, Rancho Palos Verdes will finally get some federal aid. Is it enough?,” Could 7). Each considered one of these landowners absolutely knew the dangers when shopping for a house on unstable land. It’s unfair to the remainder of us that we’ve to pay for a really unhealthy alternative, a alternative during which we garner no profit.
The homes ought to be condemned and the homeowners ought to pay for particles removing. The homeowners can nonetheless personal the land, however it ought to be zoned open house, permitting solely a trailer that could possibly be eliminated inside a day. Additionally, the property shouldn’t be allowed to be insured.
Gregg Ferry, Carlsbad
