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Newhall Ranch is a proposed large scale master-planned community in an unincorporated portion of Los Angeles County along the Santa Clara River in the westerly portion of the Santa Clarita Valley. The development was first conceived in the 1980s by Newhall Land, a land management company which created for the master community planning of nearby Valencia in the 1960s.〔Hamilton, Denise (April 03, 1988) ("Homes on the Range : Developers Pushing Ranchers Out" ) ''Los Angeles Times''〕 During the decades the project has been in planning, it has faced legal actions, environmental concerns, and several changes in investors. The landmark California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, has been used to challenge the development even after it received planning approvals. While these lawsuits have been dismissed as merely tactics to block or delay the project by some, others claim the environmental law has led to a better-designed project while saving crucial habitat.〔Khouri, Andrew (August 7, 2014) ("San Pedro project illustrates a cause of limited housing affordability" ) ''Los Angeles Times''〕 The required permits for the project describe how the work will fill in and alter more than of flood plain and tributaries straddling one of the most dynamic river systems in southern California that has provided habitat for a wide array of native plants and animals. These include threatened and endangered fauna and flora, including the California condor, the California gnatcatcher, the southwestern willow flycatcher, the least Bell's vireo, the arroyo toad, the San Fernando Valley spineflower, and the threespine stickleback. The area has historically supplied humans with water, fish, and fertile farmland. ==Project description== The proposed development would build 20,885 homes, a commercial district, water reclamation plant, seven public schools, three fire stations, a regional park, three community parks, a golf course, and a lake. of permanent open space would be set aside and of trails developed.〔 Developers would also convert nearly of tributaries and riverbank into storm drains and levees and use of excavated soil to fill in wetlands.〔 The boundary with Ventura County forms a portion of the westerly line with the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park and Stevenson Ranch on the east along with the City of Santa Clarita, which has been strongly opposed the project. Santa Clarita was formed in 1987 from four unincorporated communities (Valencia along with Saugus, Newhall, and Canyon Country).〔 The water reclamation plant serving the development will be near the boundary with Ventura County. The plant will treat an estimated of water every day before releasing it into the Santa Clara River as it flows towards the ocean and into Ventura County.〔Holt, Jim (August 17, 2010 - Updated: August 18, 2010) ("High cost of compliance" ) ''The Santa Clarita Valley Signal'' Retrieved April 10, 2014.〕 The downstream impact and other effects also drew Ventura County officials and citizens into opposition to the project.〔Barlow, Zeke (December 27, 2011)"Newhall's impact on Ventura County debated" ''Ventura County Star''〕 Landmark Village will be the first neighborhood to be built. Mission Village, with 4,000 homes, will have a "downtown style" mixed-use center.〔Madler, Mark (27 May 2014) "Newhall Ranch Wins Legal Round" San Fernando Valley Business Journal〕 Homestead Village and Portero Village are also being planned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newhall Ranch in Valencia, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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