SAN DIEGO — Legal action is mounting after a sinkhole opened up in front of a La Jolla Condo Complex.
Several homes on Gilman Drive slid off of their foundation after underground pipes collapsed.
Twelve condos remain red tagged, but the enormous sinkhole has been filled in.
It was last October when the Earth gave way, opening up a sinkhole 80 feet wide and 40 feet deep in front of the La Jolla Terrace Condo Complex.
"The whole building was shaking the whole time, it was horrible. Horrible," said Kyle Voors, who was forced to move out.
Huge cracks can still be seen on the building's exterior. Windows and doors are also now boarded up after walls and floors were split into two after a storm water pipe collapsed last year.
"Complete negligence by the City, they should all be fired — every single one of them," Voors added.
Voors, a Chief in the Navy who had just moved to San Diego, is now deployed in the Middle East, but is one of several families displaced because they say the city failed to maintain the storm drain system. At least 18 legal claims are now filed.
The most recent lawsuit comes from the owner of the complex and puts the blame on both the City and Orion Construction Corporation — citing reckless and dangerous conditions.
"They had the ability to fix this 100 times over for five, six months — they knew and they chose to do nothing," Voors said.
His research shows the City's own Stormwater Department told the City Engineer the condos near the sinkhole were compromised in March of 2023, but residents weren't told to move out for another six months.
In February, CBS 8 asked the City what took so long, and they said the decision to require people to move is not taken lightly.
We reached out again Friday, wanting to know when people can get back in their homes and who will pay for it. They said the assessment and repair process is underway and is expected to take at least 12 months.
The City has covered the cost of hotel rooms and is set to pay for damaged belongings, at a depreciated value.
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