(San Pedro) — Los Angeles City Engineer, Gary Lee Moore, on Friday briefed Los Angeles City Councilman-elect, Joe Buscaino on the status of the White Point Landslide.   The briefing included a 300-page Preliminary Geotechnical Report which provides a summary of the progress of the investigation and monitoring but offered no analysis, just facts of the current situation .   “I am pleased to report that we have seen no ground movement on the surface or at any of our deep well monitoring locations,” Moore told Buscaino.

According to the report, observation of existing ground cracks around the immediate edge of the landslide suggests that the ground within a few feet of the head of the landslide is tilting and crumbling and may fall toward the landslide. “That is to be expected since nature created such a new steep cliff,” said Moore.

“We believe the projected landslide failure plane is about 100 feet deep in the area of the active landslide,” wrote Shannon & Wilson, Inc, the geotechnical firm hired by the City to perform the subsurface investigation of the landslide.

“The best news in this report is that the homes around the landslide are safe,” said Buscaino. “But given the rain forecast this weekend, I would like to remind everyone to stay away from the landslide, especially the fenced off area.”

The next report will detail what can be done with the landslide area going into the future.

The full report can be viewed at http://eng.lacity.org/whitepoint/whitepointlandslide.htm

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/fGkaHgjUg4w

Joshua applied through the Posse Foundation, one of the most comprehensive and renowned youth leadership development programs in the United States.

Each fall, students are nominated by high schools for their leadership and academic potential. Posse partner colleges and universities award merit-based scholarships to multicultural teams of 10 students each. These teams (posses) enroll in a 32-week training program during their senior high school year. They arrive on their college campus academically prepared and motivated to foster positive social change.

This year, over 3,300 students applied for a Posse scholarship nationwide, and only 137 were ultimately chosen.

Joshua is following in the footsteps of POLAHS’ 2011 Posse Scholar, Briana Miller. “Seeing Briana succeed in the program encouraged me to be myself and to learn from the rigorous interview process,” he said. Joshua has been focused on college preparedness for quite some time. He turned to friends like Briana, POLAHS faculty, and professional programs for advice and experiential learning. Prior to his 11th grade year, Joshua was amongst 30 students selected nationwide to participate in a “LEAD” summer Business Institute at Dartmouth College. He presented his own business plan to Dartmouth alumni and attended workshops about college admissions. Joshua plans on studying philosophy and law in college.

Land Use Planning Committee Meeting, Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:30pm. Meeting to be held in the upstairs meeting room at the Whale and Ale 327 W. 7th Street, San Pedro.  On the agenda will be:  1) Discussion of potential neighborhood council initiatives in response to the closure of California redevelopment agencies, in order to continue addressing Pacific Corridor redevelopment concerns;  2) Request by a community member for neighbohrhood council support of a community garden on vacant City Property near 9th Street and Mesa Avenue.
The chair of this committee is Sue Castillo who can be reached at redsue12@gmail.com