Tejon’s 19,333-home project gets green light after 16 years just as judge puts up stop sign for TRC’s 12,000-home Grapevine Village in Kern County

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Warring badges and dancing signs lent a sports-event touch to the long-awaited Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing December 11 about the 19,333-home Centennial project. It is said to be the largest housing development plan in L.A. County’s history. Tejon Ranch Company of Lebec has been working on it for 16 years.

Acid green “I support Centennial” signs and badges had been passed out to half the people at the hearing. A flashy cadre of about 40 union workers wore orange vests with reflective strips to say they were there to support jobs. Another festive faction wore red badges featuring the…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Clockwise, from left: Tejon Ranch executives watch the testimony before the L.A. County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Dec. 11; Arnold Kavin of the SW Council of Carpenters and 40 other union members wore their orange vests; Richard Skaggs of Neenach and the Oso Town Council was with friends who wore their ‘I support Centennial’ badges and waved their signs.

Stop Centennial’ was an environmental group’s slogan.

The final vote of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors was 4-1 in favor of Centennial. Some L.A. residents, such as this young woman (below)say they are desperate for the ability to buy an affordable home.

Sheila Kuehl

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