SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21 -- The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) announced today that the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has been awarded $5 million in state funding to support its ongoing landslide mitigation efforts at the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex and to help prepare for the upcoming El Nino winter storms.

Following years of historic rainfall, and with severe storms projected this winter, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes continues to face substantial property and infrastructure damage caused by unprecedented movement within the 700-acre Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex, with some ar...