Millionaires' Homes Are Moving a Foot a Week. Nobody Can Stop It.

On a cliff above the Pacific, in one of the wealthiest towns in California, the ground is moving. At its worst, parts of Rancho Palos Verdes slid up to a foot a week. Homes cracked in half, the gas and power were shut off, and a famous glass chapel was taken apart before the hill could destroy it. This is the investigation: why this land has been moving for 70 years, why people kept building on it, what made it speed up, who is paying for it, and whether it can be stopped. I research every story myself from city reports, court records and reliable news. Narration is AI-generated; the research and writing are mine. Lawsuit claims are allegations. The defendants have not been found liable. CHAPTERS 0:00 A neighborhood that will not stand still 1:02 The Land That Moves 3:00 Building on a Moving Hill 4:52 The Town That Moves 6:50 Who Pays for the Ground? 8:50 Can It Be Stopped? SOURCES City of Rancho Palos Verdes: Land Movement Updates (Sept 2026) LAist: why the homes could have been lost (2024); buyouts (Feb 2026); landslide insurance push (Sept 2026) ABC7: landslide nearly twice as deep as modeled (Aug 2024) CBS LA: $42 million voluntary buyout program (Oct 2024) Spectrum News: buyout delays (Mar 2026) Fortune: gas shutoff (July 2024) PR Newswire: residents' lawsuit (Aug 2024) NASA / JPL: Palos Verdes landslide radar data Wikipedia: Palos Verdes Peninsula landslides; Wayfarers Chapel; Albers v. County of Los Angeles; Monks v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes MUSIC & SOUND Original score and sound design by Luxury Autopsy. No third-party music. VISUAL CREDITS Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, NASA, USGS and FEMA (public domain / CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA, full list in the pinned comment). Stock video: Pexels (Pexels License). Maps, graphics, arrows and crack overlays are illustrations, marked on screen. This video is made for education and information. It is not engineering, legal or financial advice. #RanchoPalosVerdes #Landslide #LuxuryRealEstate