COUNTY MAY OK HOUSES; 2ND MAJOR PROJECT FACING CHALLENGE.Byline: Teresa Jimenez and David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writers Los Angeles County supervisors are expected today to approve the 21,615-home Newhall Ranch project northwest of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , while a Ventura County environmental group mounts another challenge to the 3,050-unit Ahmanson Ranch on the Valley's west flank. The widely anticipated approval of Newhall Ranch - the county's largest-ever project - marks the culmination of months of negotiations over such issues as open space, urban sprawl and water availability. Ventura County and the city of Santa Clarita have been among the agencies opposed to Newhall Ranch, which would encompass 12,000 acres, from the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. west to the county line. ``I think the county has paid a great deal of attention to city issues. They've been working through the city's concerns point by point,'' said Santa Clarita Councilwoman Laurene Weste. ``They're trying to find some middle ground. . . . We've come a tremendously long way and that's what you ask for in negotiations.'' But Councilwoman Jill Klajic said too many questions remain unanswered for the project to be approved. And Ventura County officials stand ready to file a suit to halt the project because of potential environmental problems they see crossing the county line. Water availability is at the heart of a new challenge to Ahmanson Ranch, a 2,800-acre development proposed near Agoura Hills, just over the Ventura County line. The group Save Open Space claims that the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open surreptitiously sur·rep·ti·tious adj. 1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. 2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret. gave away water rights on 2,633 acres to Ahmanson Land Co. - a move environmentalists claim will deplete de·plete v. 1. To use up something, such as a nutrient. 2. To empty something out, as the body of electrolytes. the groundwater and dry up Las Virgenes Creek. ``This is unbelievable that the conservancy, in secret, would sign off to let Ahmanson Land Co. have this (water),'' said Mary Weisbrock, director of SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). . ``Water is gold in Southern California.'' |
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