For all those Rancho Palos Verdes residents -- or maybe just the subset in Portguese Bend -- who are eagerly awaiting news of a ruling in one of the lawsuits I wrote about recently, there's been a delay.
The hearing was set for Wednesday, but was postponed until today. Today, it was postponed until tomorrow morning.
The Los Angeles Superior Court ruling will determine whether the city has taken the right course in splitting into two parts an environmental review of future home construction in a landslide zone.
Sixteen lots that were part of a long-running lawsuit that the city lost -- the Monks suit, in which homeowners sued for and won the right to develop their property -- were given a more cursory review. Another 31 undeveloped lots are currently getting a much more thorough review.
A Portuguese Bend homeowner critical of development sued the city to get those 16 Monks lots subject to the more stringent review. The judge in the case indicated last month that he's unlikely to side with the homeowner, saying the city had done what was necessary to comply with an appellate court ruling in the Monks case.
Whew! Anyway, when there's news about this case, which hopefully will be tomorrow afternoon.
Meanwhile, construction in the Bend continues ...
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