![Greg Medeiros, VP of the Centennial Project, tells of problems the Antelope Valley Area Plan would cause for Tejon Ranch’s planned 23,000 home development in Gorman at I-5 and Hwy. 138. Medeiros received a special nod from the L.A. County Planning Commission at the hearing Saturday, Sept. 27, to remove a Sensitive Environmental Area (SEA) designation overlay. [photo by Patric Hedlund]](https://mountainenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/GregMadeiros1-324x243.jpg)
Greg Medeiros, VP of the Centennial Project, tells of problems the Antelope Valley Area Plan would cause for Tejon Ranch’s planned 23,000 home development in Gorman at I-5 and Hwy. 138. Medeiros received a special nod from the L.A. County Planning Commission at the hearing Saturday, Sept. 27, to remove a Sensitive Environmental Area (SEA) designation overlay. [photo by Patric Hedlund]
By Patric Hedlund
The first step in an omnibus package of Los Angeles County zoning and ordinance changes is likely to transform the front door to the Mountain Communities. The Antelope Valley Area Plan Update draft was passed at a standing room only hearing before the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission on Saturday, Sept. 27. Six hundred people attended the event in Lancaster; about 50 spoke.
At warp-speed after the testimony, commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the plan, with only a few changes—including a favor for the Tejon Ranch Company’s proposed…(please click the link below to view the full story in our e-Edition)
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Carl Nadela is the director of the Antelope Valley Area Plan Update project.
Right: Jack Rider, with towing business interests in Lebec and Gorman, also got changes to the zoning on his Gorman property.
The hearing crowd filled the theater at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, then spilled out into the lobby, watching on TV monitors. Many who testified were from the Western Antelope Valley, concerned about solar power utilities.
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