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Environmental

Jul. 2, 2015

Developer of proposed city near Valencia wins judge's approval

Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Wednesday rejected claims by environmentalists that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issued a permit to the Newhall Land and Farming Co. which plans to build 20,000 homes.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In a win for a developer hoping to build a new city in northern Los Angeles County,
a federal judge on Tuesday rejected claims by environmentalists that the government
wrongly granted the project construction permits.


The lawsuit centers on a permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued to Newhall
Land and Farming ...

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