California Sprawl

The Center for Biological Diversity <strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="sued Los Angeles County (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sprawl.pdf" target="_blank">sued Los Angeles County</a></strong> for approving “a new, sprawl city on Los Angeles County's rural northern border with Kern County”: 19,333 houses and 8.4 million square feet of commercial and industrial use on 12,323 acres of California's largest remaining native grasslands, atop the San Andreas and Garlock faults.

LOS ANGELES — The Center for Biological Diversity sued Los Angeles County for approving “a new, sprawl city on Los Angeles County’s rural northern border with Kern County”: 19,333 houses and 8.4 million square feet of commercial and industrial use on 12,323 acres of California’s largest remaining native grasslands, atop the San Andreas and Garlock faults.

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