Home Depot puts lawsuit on hold
Home Depot officials said Tuesday they have delayed their lawsuit over a planned store in Sunland-Tujunga while they take part in mediation supervised by City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo.
The hardware giant sued last year after the City Council voted to require more environmental review of a store proposed for Foothill Boulevard.
Under an agreement with the city, the company will enter into talks with project opponents from Sunland-Tujunga.
If the company fails to win approval of its store in five months, the company will go ahead with its lawsuit. That strategy irritated Abby Diamond, secretary of the Sunland-Tujunga Alliance, who said Home Depot should drop its lawsuit if it wants to work with the community.
“They shouldn’t be holding a lawsuit over the city’s head,” she said. “It’s just not a good-faith effort.”
-- David Zahniser
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