[newfrpr04]

I hope your sister's in-laws are okay.....I really feel for the children. But people keep moving into these areas and rebuilding on unstable hillsides KNOWING that the area is not stable, We go thru this every time/ every year when we have alot of rain or during the fire season. Other insurance companies and Californians have to fund the California Fair Plan - premiums are so low . Why doesn't the state condemn the area for building.

[HOYA97]

My sister is mad as hell that they did not sell after the last mud slide. Now they may never be able to sell as no one is going to buy in this area. You are right, the state should condemn this area. If the homeowners are not willing or able to reinforce the mountain side then they should be allowed to live there.

[Strategerist]

Oh according to the LA Times the homeowners wanted the county to pay for "terracing" the hillside (sounds enormously expensive and of doubtful utility to me.)

They're therefore blaming the County for the whole thing, laughably.