Hurdles still ahead, but all four Tejon Ranch developments set to move forward — 35,000 new homes on horizon

By Patric Hedlund, TME

The Centennial Waltz is a traditional Irish tune often played by mountain people on a plaintive fiddle. It could be the theme song for the long, slow dance across decades that Tejon Ranch Company has endured with its partners—including the politicians, planners, bureaucrats, investors, conservation groups, alarmed scientists and cantankerous neighbors in the Mountain Community.

On Tuesday, April 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors said the long first stage of this party is over. They voted 4-1 on a consent agenda to finalize…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Left: The Tejon Ranch team at the Dec. 11, 2018 L.A. County meeting. Right: TriCounty Watchdogs who spoke from Three Points and PMC are concerned for Quail Lake habitat, and much more.

Left: Neenach investor Richard Skaggs and colleagues show mixed support; and Above: labor unions supplied about 30 workers to leverage ‘yes’ votes.

The fate of the sweeping landscapes and irreplaceable habitat of Tejon Ranch—240,000 beautiful acres (above)—has almost always been decided in government board rooms (below), lobbyists’ offices and at politicians’ fundraisers. On Tuesday, April 30, Tejon Ranch Company won a long-awaited prize.

L.A. County District 5 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

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