Eminet Doman Situation-- How to I Maximize with Caltrans?
On News years Eve there was a massive landslide adjacent to my house that was caused from Caltrans not maintaining a culvert drain that created a flash flood. It was so serious it sent redwood trees and fencing into the river below and collapsed one lane of the highway! The culvert sits on a small lot I own adjacent to my main house. Caltrans needs to open the road but before they can do that a colossal engineered retaining wall must be built. I received formal paperwork to sign from a right of way office of Caltrans. They want to buy the lot at market value that the culverts sits on. They say that if I don't respond, they will automatically pay me and proceed with the necessary construction. This event has impacted my property value, done property damage, caused stress and even triggered a sudden death in our family. How do I intelligently maximize this situation without being forced to settle for peanuts?