RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is considering a new approach to deal with the land movement that is affecting the community.

New information and scientific findings were shared during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting.

There’s some good news, but overall the experts are stressing urgency and action before the rainy season begins.

“We really need to do something now and we need to get started. We can’t keep studying and studying and deciding and deciding. We just need to do something and get started yesterday, and pray for no rain for a while anyway,” said Barbara Ferraro, a councilmember for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, during the meeting.

 Rancho Palos Verdes has been under a local state of emergency since last year. Winter rains led to accelerated land movement which cracked foundations, broke gas and water lines — wreaking havoc on the community’s infrastructure and homes.

 Some buildings have been tagged as unsafe, including the iconic Wayfarers Chapel that is being dismantled and moved.

 This summer, SoCalGas announced it would no longer provide service to the Portuguese Bend neighborhood due to land movement.

Geologists have been hard at work. They’re finding the issue is deeper and more widespread than previously thought, something greater than any of the smaller, shallower sections like Abalone Cove and Portuguese Bend, even reaching as far as the City of Rolling Hills.

This deeper “slip plane” is moving faster than anticipated.

“This is completely new and unprecedented for the city. Again, there’s no record of any movement in that deeper slip plane so this is again an unprecedented, new scenario for the city, which means that we have to change our strategy,” said Ramzi Awwad, the director of Public Works for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

One proposal tossed into the mix Tuesday night involves drilling deep vertical wells in several spots to move water and reduce the pressure.

The mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes said they’ve applied for outside funding and have even sought help from CEO Elon Musk.

One good thing: Geologists think the land movement has “reached a cruising speed,” meaning that although the ground continues to move, the rate of the movement isn’t increasing.