SCV environmentalists sue Newhall Ranch developer, county
(WorldNews Environment)

Santa Clarita Valley environmentalists who vowed this week to stop 21,000 Newhall Ranch homes being built have unveiled the bite behind their bark – a lawsuit filed against the project developers and the county supervisors who backed them. In a civil action filed Thursday with Los Angeles Superior court, members of two local SCV environmental groups named in their lawsuit the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Newhall Land and Farming Company. Developer, FivePoint - formerly Newhall Land - could not be reached by press time for comment. On Friday, the groups – Friends of The Santa Clara River and the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment –...