An awful lot of the land on the Bay side of the San Francisco peninsula is reclaimed Bay landfill and, as noted by Aktungbby, some of the fill was done by beaching Gold Rush era ships and throwing rock and soil over the lot. I remember when they were building the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system in the mid to late 60s, they did, indeed, find more than a bit of old ships, earthquake destroyed buildings, and other rubble as they dug the tunnels; there was much concern in the news reporting of the BART digs about the ultimate stability and safety of the tunnels. After the 1906 Great Earthquake, many buildings did, in fact, collapse when the land fill underneath them gave way. For the developers to cut corners and do such a shoddy job seems to give cause for possible criminal prosecution; the apartment owners are now certainly going to sue, civilly; aside from quite possibly losing their homes, even if the problems are fixed, the value of their holdings will be seriously diminished if they try to sell...
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