SANTA CLARITA : City Won’t Join Lawsuit Against Big Development
The city of Santa Clarita has dropped plans to join a lawsuit against the city of Palmdale over the Ritter Ranch, a proposed 7,200-unit housing project that would be one of Southern California’s largest master-planned residential communities.
Santa Clarita had considered joining a lawsuit filed in April by the Town Council of Leona Valley, a community near the Ritter Ranch site in the Antelope Valley, challenging Palmdale’s environmental impact report on the project as insufficient.
Santa Clarita officials said Thursday that the costs of joining the lawsuit outweighed the potential rewards, but that they remain concerned about what they fear would be a heavy influx of traffic from the development.
The Town Council of Leona Valley said it opposes Ritter Ranch because the project’s urban character would clash with Leona Valley’s cherry orchards, horse corrals and large lots.
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