BOARD VOWS TO FILE NEWHALL RANCH SUIT.Byline: Christopher Noxon Daily News Staff Writer Setting the stage for a costly and lengthy legal fight, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. pledged Wednesday to sue 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 in an attempt to wrestle away some authority over the Newhall Ranch project, the proposed mega-tract just over the county line. Ventura County attorneys maintain that local officials should be more than bystanders in a permitting process that could have serious consequences along the length of the Santa Clara River Valley The Santa Clara River Valley is a rural region of eastern Ventura County, California and northwest Los Angeles County, California that is named for the Santa Clara River which winds through the valley before emptying into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of Oxnard and Ventura. . So far, planners in Los Angeles have all but ignored their western neighbor, said Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long. ``I feel like they're snubbing Snubbing is a type of heavy well intervention performed on oil and gas wells. It involves running the BHA on a pipe string using a hydraulic workover rig. Unlike wireline or coiled tubing, the pipe is not spooled off a drum but made up and broken up while running in and pulling their nose at us,'' Long said. ``My commitment is to take this as far as it needs to go.'' Although the entire 25,000-home development planned by The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. is slated for Los Angeles County, three parcels included in the project stretch into Ventura County, said Assistant County Counsel Andrew Gustafson. Therefore, plans should be approved by Ventura County if the developer intends to redraw To redisplay an image on screen whether text or graphics. The concept is that the first time elements are displayed, they are "drawn," and if something is changed, they are "redrawn." Applications often have a Refresh command that redraws the screen. the boundaries of those lots, Gustafson said. ``If the lots go into Ventura County, we have a right to review them,'' Gustafson said. ``Their view is they can just shine us on and do it on their side.'' Gustafson acknowledged that there have been no previous court rulings to support the county's legal argument. But there is a recorded case of a Los Angeles County developer seeking approval from Ventura County authorities because of an overlapping parcel. Los Angeles County attorneys said they are prepared to argue against Ventura County on several fronts. All the parcels slated for development already have been subdivided to stop at the county lines, Los Angeles County Counsel Charles Moore Charles Moore may refer to any of the following people:
``No jurisdiction in fact exists,'' Moore said. ``These parcels are within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles (County) and their development does not require Ventura (County) approval.'' But Ventura County supervisors say they are confident that a court will interpret the Map Act to give Ventura County control over the project. Rivaling a city the size of Camarillo, the Newhall Ranch community would include business districts, a golf course, schools and room for 70,000 people. Opponents fear it will endanger wildlife, boost air pollution and foul the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``This is not just another project,'' John Flynn, chairman of the Ventura County supervisors, said recently. ``We're dealing with a real political heavyweight - I can see us getting into serious battle.'' Ventura County Supervisor Frank Schillo echoed the tough rhetoric, saying he believes the county is justified in taking its neighbor to court over a fine point of zoning law. ``Our claim has merit,'' he said. ``If part of the parcel is in Ventura (County), it doesn't matter if you build a house on it on one side of the line or not - the parcel is in Ventura (County).'' |
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