California Local Government Thinks "Easement" Means It Can Destroy Residents' Pools and Backyards.

In Huntington Beach, a coastal city in the Los Angeles area, a more than 60-year-old pipeline that runs under the backyards of 29 houses is in need of repair.

The properties have easements, which is a legal right that allows certain parties utility access. In order to gain access to the underground pipeline, however, the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) needs to dig up large portions of homeowners' yards.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15755089/California-Huntington-Beach-demolish-pools-yard-sewer-sue.html

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

Easements and covenants on 'private' property are quite common in the UK and I have to allow access to the sewerage company for inspection through an access built into my back garden (yard) if there is a problem. However, anything under my land is mine and I have to carry any associated costs. I can't imagine and have never heard of such drastic measures as you describe.

independentone · M

any damage they do to homeowners property, Orange County will have to repair it completely.

DealingWithTrouble · 41-45, M

So, these people would rather their neighborhood drown in shit?

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Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@DealingWithTrouble that's the local Honolulu tradition! Put one cone, Brah, no mo ' septic.

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DealingWithTrouble · 41-45, M

@beckyromero how many millions of dollars in extra taxes do you personally want to pay in order to cover that?

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

I've got one in the front yard of my property where a sewer line runs from a pit at the lowest point of the front yard diagonally out of the front boundary. I'm not allowed to build on it.

Here in Australian nearly all private property is covered by what's called 'Torrens Title'. You own the surface and down to a certain depth. You don't have any mineral or oil rights to anything deep down (which here is a big coal seam).

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