Altamira Drive hillside

Thanked officials for visiting the hillside and pressed the city manager for a timeline on the geological report and hillside protection before the rains.

A 26-year Altamira homeowner described widening gaps and new cracks, asking the council to approve the geology report without delay.

Thanked the visiting officials and cleanup crews by name, and said residents look forward to the geotech survey approval.

Described wall separations, ceiling and floor cracks in her home and soft spots crews found on the hill, urging urgent protective action.

Read a statement on behalf of absent neighbor Sheni Barrera Norwal of 2611 Altamira Drive, describing a 60-foot tree lifting her patio, cracks over an inch wide, leaning neighbor walls, and rejected claims.

Spoke for nine neighbors whose back walls, patios and pools are damaged since the city cleared hillside vegetation; urged the council to visit, replant, and cover the hill before El Niño rains.

Speaking for the ten affected homeowners, he thanked Cantos for visiting and asked for three things: a professional geological evaluation, preventive erosion control before El Niño, and reconsideration of their rejected claims.

Said her claim sat unanswered for six months before a rejection; described shifting soil, leaning fences, cracked pools and foundations, and demanded protective measures before the rains.

A 10-year hillside resident and teacher described inch-wide foundation cracks, a growing property-line gap, pool cracks, and an ignored irrigation leak — and said the city's response was essentially 'so sue us.'

A nearby south-side resident not among the claimants described her family's smaller 2020 fence damage from the same overgrown city hill, and advocated for safety and maintenance for the next generation.