LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Wednesday, county officials said that five more homes in the Lakeside Heights subdivision in north Lakeport – where a landslide has damaged homes since late March – have been given voluntary evacuation notices.

At the same time, a presentation on the status on the Lakeside Heights slide incident and
consideration of post-incident monitoring and future actions has been placed on the Board of Supervisors’ agenda for next Tuesday, May 7, at 9:15 a.m.

The county said Lakeside Heights subdivision residents have been advised of the meeting and are encouraged to attend.

Since late March, the hilltop cluster of homes, located just off of Hill Road, has been plagued by a landslide that has split homes and damaged infrastructure.

Seven homes have been red-tagged in the subdivision so far, as the fissures have continued to develop and deeper along Lancaster Road, as Lake County News has reported.

On Wednesday afternoon the five additional homes – primarily located within the southwestern portion of the subdivision along Lancaster Road – were issued voluntary evacuation notices by the Lake
County Community Development Department.

The voluntary evacuations are purely precautionary at this time, but were issued due the unpredictable nature of the slide, according to the county.

The Office of Emergency Services requested that the Community Development Department issue these notices in light of additional observed movement of the slide along Hill Road and Downing Drive over the past couple of days.

As of the Wednesday afternoon, the county said a total of seven homes haven been mandatorily
evacuated and six other homes have been posted with voluntary evacuation notices.

Lake County Special Districts reported that continued progress is being made towards the relocation of a sewer manhole which is in danger of collapse.

Two new manholes are currently being installed to allow the sewer service to be temporarily re-routed to continue to serve residents of the subdivision and to avoid a possible sewer spill if the current manhole were to succumb to the slide.

At a Monday evening meeting, county officials had said they were concerned about a potential sewage spill due to the ground movement, with the manhole replacements meant to address that concern.

The Department of Public Works continues to be ready to remove debris from Hill Road and Downing Drive if the slide should reach those points. The county said contingency plans are in place to ensure
that access to Sutter Lakeside Hospital remains uninterrupted.