{
  "schemaVersion": "map-evidence/1",
  "generator": "scripts/maps/guides.py (map-evidence/1)",
  "reviewStatus": "supported",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-31T09:24:54Z",
  "slug": "palos-verdes",
  "name": "the Palos Verdes Peninsula",
  "url": "https://elsegundo.xyz/maps/palos-verdes/",
  "kind": "illustrated humor map",
  "isPhotograph": false,
  "spatialSummary": "North-up peninsula schematic with Pacific coastline to the west/south and the San Pedro side to the east. Operator/City locations anchor South Coast Botanic Garden inland, Point Vicente and Terranea on the coastal side, and Wayfarers/Abalone/Portuguese Bend along the southern area. The Wayfarers label is its heritage site, not a future rebuild site. Zones do not promise trail connectivity, beach access or municipal boundary precision.",
  "captions": [
    {
      "label": "Torrance / Redondo Beach",
      "caption": "The next map north"
    },
    {
      "label": "Malaga Cove",
      "caption": "Cove-side main-character energy"
    },
    {
      "label": "Rolling Hills Estates",
      "caption": "Big name, small-map energy"
    },
    {
      "label": "South Coast Botanic Garden",
      "caption": "A garden built on a landfill"
    },
    {
      "label": "Lunada Bay",
      "caption": "Big coastal daydreams"
    },
    {
      "label": "Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "caption": "Big-map ambitions"
    },
    {
      "label": "Rolling Hills",
      "caption": "Gated community. Private property."
    },
    {
      "label": "East Hills",
      "caption": "The east side of our opinions"
    },
    {
      "label": "Point Vicente",
      "caption": "Whale watching; patience required"
    },
    {
      "label": "Terranea",
      "caption": "Coastal spa daydreams"
    },
    {
      "label": "Abalone Cove",
      "caption": "Tide pools. Check closures first."
    },
    {
      "label": "Wayfarers Chapel",
      "caption": "Disassembled in 2024. Heritage grounds closed."
    },
    {
      "label": "Portuguese Bend",
      "caption": "Land movement. Check the City’s latest updates."
    },
    {
      "label": "peacocks",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "peacocks",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Pacific Ocean",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Pacific Ocean",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "San Pedro",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Regions of the Palos Verdes Peninsula",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Coastal daydreams and peacock jokes. Borders approximate; access is not implied.",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Illustration: Claude. Corrections: ChatGPT. Corrected Oct 31, 2026. Review recorded in source notes.",
      "caption": ""
    },
    {
      "label": "Captions, sources and checked dates: elsegundo.xyz/maps/palos-verdes/",
      "caption": ""
    }
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "text": "South Coast Botanic Garden's site history includes a sanitary landfill before the garden.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-garden"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Rolling Hills is gated. The community association also identifies its property as private; this is not an invitation to its roads or trails.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-rolling",
        "pv-rolling-private"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Point Vicente is a whale-watching site; the updated caption does not promise a whale sighting or identify a parking lot as the viewing location.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-vicente"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Terranea is a coastal resort with a spa; robes and 'daydreams' are editorial humor, not an included amenity or public-access promise.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-terranea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "The City lists tide pools in Abalone Cove Reserve. Its notice dated July 9, 2024 reports beach-access-trail closures until further notice. Check the City’s current trail alerts before visiting; this historical notice is not a promise of present access.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-abalone",
        "pv-abalone-closure"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Wayfarers Chapel was disassembled in 2024. Its heritage grounds are closed; its present website explicitly prohibits public access.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-wayfarers",
        "pv-wayfarers-closed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Portuguese Bend is an active land-movement area. No current rate, direction of change or 'slower this year' trend is retained in the map.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-landmovement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "The City documents peafowl in Rancho Palos Verdes. Decorative peacock labels are regional humor, not a location tracker or guaranteed wildlife encounter.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pv-peafowl"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "pv-garden",
      "url": "https://southcoastbotanicgarden.org/history-mission/",
      "publisher": "South Coast Botanic Garden",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "From open pit mine to sanitary landfill to stupendous garden is the extraordinary history of South Coast Botanic Garden.",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-rolling",
      "url": "https://www.rhca.org/general-information",
      "publisher": "Rolling Hills Community Association",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "There are three gated entrances to the community.",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:51Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-vicente",
      "url": "https://www.rpvca.gov/facilities/facility/details/point-vicente-interpretive-center-13",
      "publisher": "City of Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "fact",
      "quote": "This premier whale watch site provides spectacular opportunities to view the annual migration of the Pacific gray whale",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:51Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-terranea",
      "url": "https://www.terranea.com/",
      "publisher": "Terranea Resort",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "The Pacific at your doorstep, The Spa at Terranea within reach",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-abalone",
      "url": "https://www.rpvca.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Abalone-Cove-Shoreline-Park-1",
      "publisher": "City of Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "fact",
      "quote": "tide pools",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z",
      "sourceLocation": "Features paragraph describing Abalone Cove Reserve.",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-10-31T03:42:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-wayfarers",
      "url": "https://www.wayfarerschapel.org/",
      "publisher": "Wayfarers Chapel",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "Wayfarers Chapel was disassembled in 2024 to save it from landslide destruction.",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-landmovement",
      "url": "https://www.rpvca.gov/1707/Land-Movement-Updates",
      "publisher": "City of Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-28",
      "label": "fact",
      "quote": "The Portuguese Bend Landslide accelerated by an average of 14.8% to .88 inches per week from September to October",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:51Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-peafowl",
      "url": "https://www.rpvca.gov/337/Peafowl",
      "publisher": "City of Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "fact",
      "quote": "the peafowl population within the city has grown and expanded its territorial boundaries",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-rolling-private",
      "url": "https://www.rhca.org/general-information",
      "publisher": "Rolling Hills Community Association",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "The entire community is on private property",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:51Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-wayfarers-closed",
      "url": "https://www.wayfarerschapel.org/",
      "publisher": "Wayfarers Chapel",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "label": "listing",
      "quote": "NO PUBLIC ACCESS ALLOWED ON PREMISES",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pv-abalone-closure",
      "url": "https://www.rpvca.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Abalone-Cove-Shoreline-Park-1",
      "publisher": "City of Rancho Palos Verdes",
      "publishedAt": "2024-07-09",
      "label": "fact",
      "quote": "all beach access trails in the Abalone Cove Reserve are closed to the public until further notice",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T03:22:52Z",
      "sourceLocation": "Closure notice beginning “As of July 9, 2024,” above Features; the date belongs to the notice, not the whole facility page.",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-10-31T03:42:52Z"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "draftedBy": [
      "Claude (Anthropic)"
    ],
    "revisedBy": [
      "ChatGPT/Codex (OpenAI)"
    ],
    "checkedBy": [
      "GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)",
      "ChatGPT/Codex (OpenAI; independent geometry review)"
    ],
    "approvedBy": "Michael Hoydich",
    "scope": "The thirteen authorized city-map corrections; original map releases remain in history.",
    "approvedAt": "2026-10-31T09:11:26Z",
    "reviewVerdict": "supported",
    "checkedAt": "2026-10-31T09:24:54Z",
    "reviewScope": "Technical source-guide, accessible-transcript and schematic-layout checks. Independent source authentication sampled primary pages and retained official GIS/map records; it did not re-authenticate every source or establish surveyed boundaries or current visitor access."
  },
  "corrections": [
    "Corrected October 31, 2026 (Los Angeles): Removed unsupported movement-rate and rebuilding assertions. Source notes distinguish restricted property, closed grounds and current-access uncertainty.",
    "Added a complete readable transcript, source excerpts with actual fetch dates, and a schematic-layout explanation. Sources do not establish current visitor access, hours or availability."
  ],
  "correctionDate": "2026-10-31",
  "correctionSummary": "Removed unsupported movement-rate and rebuilding assertions. Source notes distinguish restricted property, closed grounds and current-access uncertainty."
}