The city of Encinitas now faces three lawsuits from Leucadia homeowners after two more households filed claims last week, alleging the city’s mismanagement of its drainage system has caused repeated flooding of their properties.
Thaddeus Gardner and Timothy and Kerrilynn Calver, who own properties on Europa Street, filed lawsuits on Jan. 21, claiming that the city’s failure to properly maintain stormwater drainage systems has resulted in extensive property damage, loss of rental income and ongoing safety hazards.
Last January, heavy rainfall and flash floods wrought havoc in Leucadia, transforming the Europa Street alleyway into a knee-deep river of stormwater and damaging businesses and several homes, including residences owned by the Calvers and Gardner.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
City faces millions in lawsuits over Leucadia flooding mismanagement
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If you bought a home in a swale that’s been on topo maps for a hundred years, then the problem is you.
ReplyDelete8:25- you clearly don’t understand the situation and our complete ignorant ass.
Delete* and are a complete ignorant ass
DeleteThe city changed the historical drainage patterns and caused the flooding of numerous people and massive damage.
They will be paying big time for this mistake.
The lawsuits have just started to drop.
The 60- inch storm drain line needs a discharge. Listen to Gary, the current design is all fucked up.
825. th weather patterns have changed fool. MANY years ago a canyon house was not really am issue in Encinitas
Delete10:46- your freak show is missing you. Get back to your party and bend over. That is your position in the freak show.
DeleteYou clearly know nothing about changing drainage patterns, and liability.
If the city had ever listened to Gary Murphy instead of relying upon their own highly overpaid and unqualified staff, this one prone to flood spot coulda, shoulda, woulda been addressed as it should have been decades ago. There are many more prone to flood areas in Leucadia that have suffered the same mismanagement from the city's chosen incompetence.
ReplyDeleteSwale + big storm = duh.
DeleteAgreed. Gary nailed it. It’s very common sense and Gary’s got a complete handle on this one.
DeleteKranz and the City Hallers fuck this one up big time.
Of course, citizens pay. This will not be the last loss he tied to this issue..
When is Bruce going to implement the four- step process?
The sooner we write, the City of Encinitas, the better off the residence and all tax pairs will be.
Let’s Go Bruce!
Step one- Bring in an NM city manager to understand your objectives and to clean out all of the deadwood at City Hall..
Step two- Hire a good long-term city manager.
Step three and four I don’t have to repeat myself. You should already have those down..
Thank you, Bruce , and other city council members!!
❤️👏👏👏👍💪👊
* Step one- Bring in an contract interim city manager to understand your objectives and to clean out all of the deadwood at City Hall..
DeleteStep two- Hire a good long-term city manager.
Step three and four I don’t have to repeat myself. You should already have those down..
Thank you, Bruce , and other city council members!!
❤️👏👏👏👍💪👊
*The sooner we right the City of Encinitas City Hall, the better off the residents and all tax payers will be.
DeleteLet’s Go Bruce!
2012:
Deletehttps://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2012/05/30/encinitas-grand-jury-faults-storm-drain-strategy/
Shit never ends.
DeleteThe County Grand Jury wrote us up for this stuff in 2012. They recommended a 9 foot diameter drain then.
ReplyDeleteStep 1: If you are considering buying a house, stand next to the house and slowly turn 360°. If it’s uphill in all directions, then don’t buy it.
ReplyDeleteStep 2: there is no step 2.
Even better yet when the city plumbs in an entirely different watershed to drain into your sump, oh that’s a whole new condition that causes a lot of flooding, damage, and liability.
DeleteStocks is pretty damn stupid.,
Blakespear is even more stupid than Stocks.
Kranz is on a whole different level of stupid and no one makes his level. The Town Dunce.
Encinitas has been screwed for years.
Finally, we have a good city council minus Newbie , Arizona Joy.
This goes back to "no thanks, we're good" Jerome Stocks who disagreed with the grand jury's findings:
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FNdsj3qR6NNmXjFTQoLJ2v7wAkLRbHLsY7Ge2pf9Yuw/edit?resourcekey=&gid=1046723774#gid=1046723774
Blakespear and Kranz continued the Stocks legacy of neglect and unparalleled arrogance.