September 13, 2024

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA – Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is transferring five million dollars from her office to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes in response to recent accelerated land movement and is urging the city to provide individual assistance to struggling residents immediately.

“I am urging the city to cut red tape, take the funding I am providing, and get it directly to the residents who need it as soon as possible,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn. “I am talking to people every day who are not only losing their homes but their entire life savings. This is a crisis, and we need to meet this moment.”

Read full letter from Hahn to the Mayor and City Council below:

September 13, 2024
Mayor and Members of City Council
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

Dear Mayor Cruikshank and Councilmembers,

I am writing to you about the five million dollars in funding that I am providing your city in response to the ongoing land movement that has devastated homes and communities across Rancho Palos Verdes. While I understand that the city has major costs associated with this disaster, I urge you to use this funding to immediately provide individual assistance to the impacted residents.

I talk to people every day who are at the end of their rope. We still need to fight for more state and federal resources. But in the meantime, our residents are getting more desperate every day, and they need this help now.

My office and the County stand ready to help you put together a process that expedites this assistance. We can’t allow this funding to be caught in any red tape. This is a crisis, and we need to meet this moment.

Sincerely,

JANICE HAHN
Supervisor, 4th District
County of Los Angeles

CC:

Ara Mihranian
City Manager
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275