I am always torn when people whose homes are on the cliffs – or in this case directly overlooking a fault line – have things eventually happen – yes it sucks for them, but if you live on a beach cliff, eventually your house will go in – you just live there knowing that and hope it happens long after you are gone – same goes for living on a fault line. Those homes on the side of Mt. Soledad have a beautiful view because the Rose Canyon fault runs along beneath their homes and in essence is the cause of Mt. Soledad – the fault runs up the 5, under La Jolla Parkway and out to sea as the La Jolla Canyon offshore – You enjoy the view, but you have to know that you are living in an area of high geologic hazards – slides, earthquakes, etc.

So yes, I feel bad for them that their houses are being lost, but those families bought homes there knowing the risk and decided the view/status was worth that risk, so any sympathy for them has to be tempered some in my opinion. If they say they did not know the risk, then they did not do their due diligence. The existence of the risks of living there have been known for a long time.