Isn't This The Sort Of Thing A Planning Commission Is Supposed To Do?
by Bob Walsh
The
Guenoc Valley in Lake County, NorCal, is / was going to be a $1 billion
resort. A county judge has put a hold on it, asserting that the
developers have not adequately planned for an emergency wildfire
evacuation SHTF scenario, which is far from impossible in that area.
The CA A.G. joined the Center for Biological Diversity in that group's lawsuit challenging the building of the resort.
Judge J. D. Markham agreed that the planning commission failed to account for emergency fire evacuation.
The
project covers about 16,000 acres and would bring slightly more than
4,000 people into the area. Lake County is on the low end of the
socio-economic scale and the influx of jobs and money would be really
helpful.
The development,
if it goes ahead, would bring in a polo field and some nice vineyards.
Much of the area used to be owned by Lillie Langtry.
Back
in 2020 the God-emperor of California vetoed a bill that would have
required new developments in fire prone areas build evacuation routs and
address the building up flammable vegetation in the area.
At
least eight people are known to have died in their cars attempting to
evacuation during the Camp Fire in 2018 that destroyed the town of
Paradise.
A similar legal
action has at least temporarily halted the development of the 20,000
home Tejon Ranch Centennial Project in L A County.
1 comment:
Is some law in play or just another judge overstepping their authority?
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