Furious luxury homeowners whose million-dollar properties are being swallowed into the California sea slam Democrat mayor for failing to fix major problems: 'He doesn't give a damn'

Furious homeowners living on a stunning stretch of California coastline have slammed their mayor as their properties are being swallowed into the sea by monster waves. Ocean Boulevard on the Long Beach peninsula, south of Los Angeles , used to be a beloved strip famed for million dollar homes along a picture-perfect beachfront. But recent extreme weather such as tropical storm Rachel has residents turning against the city's lawmakers , frustrated with their handling of the emergency. 'The mayor of Long Beach doesn't give a damn about this community,' Long Beach home owner Dennis Poulsen, 84, told the Daily Mail about Democrat Rex Richardson, who has been in office for four years after working in the city council. 'His natural constituency is not here and he doesn't really care,' Poulsen added. Poulsen built his Ocean Boulevard house right by the beach 21 years ago. It is estimated to be worth around $5 million, according to online real estate marketplace Realtor.com. While Poulsen had 'just a little bit of water' entering his house last week and is now protected by sandbags, his neighbors' homes deal with 'significant damage,' he said. Storm Rachel battered waterfront property last week as blistering winds and giant waves tore away nearly 30 feet of a century-old boardwalk and put homes at risk of crumbling into the waters . California has been hit with the third hurricane in six weeks, leading several beachfront houses in the Golden State to crumble into the ocean The most recent tropical storm Rachel ripped nearly 30 feet of a century-old boardwalk Several homeowners had their houses marked with yellow and red tags. Yellow tags mean that owners are allowed to briefly enter their homes and get their belongings, while red tags mark houses as entirely unsafe to enter Chilling drone footage showed the swells crashing against a Long Beach home and even reaching its second-floor windows as parts of the building and boardwalk floated away. Read More USA Olympian reveals heartache as California home is swallowed by ocean during devastating storm Water flooded side streets and patios, pouring into several homes and damaging property. Also affected by the storm is Paris Porter, a hopeful 2028 Team USA Olympian. In a devastating social media post, she revealed that her home collapsed into the ocean . Porter and her husband lived in an ocean front one bedroom apartment 'that had everything we could have ever wanted,' she wrote. 'Seeing the destruction, not only to our house but to everyone around us, breaks our hearts,' she added, writing that she found temporary housing for the next eight months. Rachel is the third extreme storm in only six weeks in the area. Mayor Richardson said last weekend that 'it is not normal that we see this type of activity.' 'We saw Hurricane Marie over Labor Day, which was followed soon by Hurricane Polo, and now Rachel is bringing with it more high tides, more surf, erosion that continues to cause damage to properties and damage along our coastline .' Several homes were flagged with yellow and red tags. Yellow tags allow owners to grab their belongings but not stay in the property. Red ones mean the home is not safe to enter. Poulsen's neighbors were marked with both. Mayor Richardson proclaimed a 'local emergency' to manage the extreme weather from October 8 to October 13. Join the discussion Should city leaders be held responsible for protecting beachfront homes against extreme weather and erosion? What's your view? Long Beach home owner Dennis Poulsen, 84, accused Democratic mayor Rex Richardson of not giving 'a damn about this community' Richardson proclaimed a 'local emergency' from October 8 to October 13 and said 'it is not normal that we see this type of activity' The recent storm Rachel saw about 30 feet of a century-old boardwalk being destroyed Poulsen accused lawmakers of doing 'too little too late' and claimed that a local study group had warned city officials about the threats posed by rising sea levels and extreme weather for around 11 years Locals also took to Facebook to voice their upset about the city's management of the situation. One user asked: 'Why didn't the city start doing something about this a couple decades ago when beach erosion had already started?' 'Our teams have distributed thousands of sandbags, built sand berms, cleared drains and reinforced damaged coastal protections,' Richardson wrote on Instagram. 'Our city teams and neighbors have worked together every step of the way.' However, locals have questioned the city's response efforts like sandbag distribution sites which limited each resident to a maximum of 10 bags, with one commenting: 'Lol yeah those cup cake bags will stop the ocean.' Others took to Facebook asking: 'Why didn't the city start doing something about this a couple decades ago when beach erosion had already started?' Another one commented: 'Did they really think Mayor Rex was going to handle this well?' Poulsen accused the city of 'wringing their hands and doing half measures. But it's too little too late.' The century-old bulkhead separating houses and beach was seen destroyed by the latest storm. Poulsen described the wood's condition as 'badly eroded and decrepit.' 'That's what's beginning to happen because of years of neglect and inaction on the part of the city,' Poulsen claimed, adding that the city has known about the condition for a long time. One of the city's measures to deal with the monster waves were sandbag distribution sites but each resident was only allowed to take a maximum of 10 bags According to Poulsen, city officials have known about the threats posed to beachfront houses for a long time but 'unless you've got people on the ramparts that shout louder than the person next to them, things don't get done' Long Beach is now preparing for the winter storm season and the 'threatened impacts of the 2026-27 El Nino' To protect the community in the future, the city also announced a dredging project to expand the beachfront by around 200 feet The 84-year-old was furious when city councilwoman Kristina Duggan described the devastation caused by storm Rachel as a 'wake-up call' during a meeting. 'It's absolute nonsense,' the 84-year-old told the Daily Mail. 'They've talked about it for 11 years. But unless you've got people on the ramparts that shout louder than the person next to them, things don't get done.' He explained that a 'study group' held a first meeting to assess the situation of the threat facing beachfront houses within his own four walls in 2015. Poulsen told the Daily Mail that the group 'had preliminary recommendations' to take preventive measures sooner but that those were ignored by city officials. 'It shouldn't take a huge storm to get somebody to do something.' According to a mayor's office press release, the city is now preparing for the 'threatened impacts of the 2026-27 El Nino and winter storm season.' To protect Long Beach from recurring extreme weather and continuously rising sea levels, the city announced an $11.4 million dredging project – the process of scooping sand from the seafloor and depositing it onto the shoreline. The project is expected to place 415,000 cubic yards of 'beach-ready sand' on the peninsula and projected to extend the beachfront out around 200 feet, the press release stated. The Daily Mail contacted Rex Richardson, Kristina Duggan and the Long Beach City Council for comment.