neighborhood anytime with the Fox Weather app. Download it today for free. New at ten. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Rancho Palos Verdes due to that land movement, which has forced power and gas shutoffs. Fox Eleven's Chelsea Edwards is live with more on a pair of emotional City council meetings tonight. Chelsea what happened? Well, people who live here say they're coping as best they can, but a lot of them say they have just reached their breaking point. Their homes are essentially unlivable, especially during this heat wave. And they say they're just not getting any answers. You had a lot of very impassioned residents who spoke out at the city council meetings today and tonight, just asking for help, any help that they can get. A lot of them say they're not getting any. Well, here I a. Y'all made me homeless. Help me out. Thank you. Frustrated and overwhelmed, Rancho Palos Verdes residents sounded off in a pair of city council meetings Tuesday. This process was definitely not a smooth process. Why does our public works not have the ability to go pick up ten generators at Costco and a couple cans of propane and get these people so that they can stay in their homes? The meetings came hours after Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for the city. Assistance the mayor has been pushing for. We welcome any type of assistance we did think it took a little bit too long for him to respond, but better late than never, I guess. But Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank is fighting to get even more from the state. We just voted at our emergency meeting to say that it doesn't go quite far enough. We'd like to have help for individual homeowners. What this does is really help public entities, which is, in our case, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. I mean, it's the first step, but it's a significant step. I mean, it's the governor's recognition that the slow moving landslide that's really accelerated in the last two years is a real state of emergency. SoCal Edison reps spoke at the emergency meeting, addressing the council and residents about the necessity of shutting off power to more than 200 homes because of the rapidly shifting land. I'm awestruck by what the immensity of the challenges the land movement is causing. I want to just convey that this is not something that we would do lightly. We understand the hardship that this creates for the residents of Rancho Palos Verdes. In this instance, it was absolutely necessary to do this. Residents packed both meetings, sharing stories of resilience and community. Some wonder what the end game will be. I'm a veterinarian, so I feel like it's almost like having a very sick old pet, and you're doing a lot to keep it alive and keep it going. And at some time, you know, you just have to like, say it's time. Now the city says it is doing everything it can to help the affected residents and also figure out a Long-Term plan for the future of the city. In the meantime, t