AHMANSON RANCH LIMITATION IMPOSED.Byline: Grace Lee Staff WriterA Superior Court judge said Thursday that developers of the 3,050-home Ahmanson Ranch project should not break ground without notifying him. Approval last year of a supplemental environmental impact report for the $2 billion development - to be built in southeastern Ventura County - has prompted a lawsuit by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County; the cities of Los Angeles, Calabasas and Agoura Hills; as well as environmental groups that include the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. . ``I think this is an opportunity to get a more thorough review of the impacts of Ahmanson Ranch,'' said Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks. ``Between the traffic impacts and contamination issues, this development needs further review.'' Tim McGarry Tim McGarry (born 1964) is an actor and comedian from North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He is a member of the comedy group Hole In The Wall Gang, and played "Da", a Sinn Féin spokesman, in the comedy series Give My Head Peace. , spokesman for the developer, Washington Mutual, could not be reached immediately for comment. |
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