Legal Proceedings
−Removed: Landmark Village/Mission Village
−Removed: During the pendency of certain prior litigation involving the approval of the original environmental impact reports and related permits for the Landmark Village and Mission Village projects at Valencia, in July 2017, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors certified the final additional environmental analyses required as a result of a prior California Supreme Court decision regarding the original greenhouse gas analysis related to the projects and reapproved the Landmark Village and Mission Village projects and related permits.
−Removed: In August 2017, two petitioners, Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment and Friends of the Santa Clara River (collectively, “Non-Settling Petitioners”), who did not participate in a settlement of prior litigation involving us and certain other petitioners, filed a new petition for writ of mandate in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
−Removed: The petition challenged Los Angeles County’s July 2017 approvals of the Mission Village and Landmark Village environmental analyses and the two projects based on claims arising under the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Water Code.
−Removed: The Court held a hearing on the merits of the petition in September 2018.
−Removed: In December 2018, the Superior Court issued its written decision denying the Non-Settling Petitioners’ petition for writ of mandate.
−Removed: Thereafter, in January 2019, the Superior Court entered judgment on the petition for writ of mandate in favor of the County and us.
−Removed: In March 2019, the Non-Settling Petitioners filed an appeal of the Superior Court’s ruling.
−Removed: We cannot predict the outcome of the appeal at this time.
−Removed: Hunters Point Litigation
−Removed: In May 2018, residents of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco filed a putative class action in San Francisco Superior Court naming Tetra Tech, Inc.
−Removed: and Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
−Removed: , an independent contractor hired by the U.S.
−Removed: Navy to conduct testing and remediation of toxic radiological waste at The San Francisco Shipyard (“Tetra Tech”), Lennar and us as defendants.
−Removed: The plaintiffs allege that, among other things, Tetra Tech fraudulently misrepresented its test results and remediation efforts.
−Removed: The plaintiffs are seeking damages against Tetra Tech and have requested an injunction to prevent us and Lennar from undertaking any development activities at The San Francisco Shipyard.
−Removed: Since July 2018, a number of lawsuits have been filed in San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of homeowners in The San Francisco Shipyard, which name Tetra Tech, Lennar, us and our CEO, among others, as defendants.
−Removed: The plaintiffs allege that environmental contamination issues at The San Francisco Shipyard were not properly disclosed to them before they purchased their homes.
−Removed: They also allege that Tetra Tech and other defendants (not including us) have created a nuisance at The San Francisco Shipyard under California law.
−Removed: They seek damages as well as certain declaratory relief.
−Removed: All of these cases have been removed to the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the Northern District of California.
−Removed: We believe that we have meritorious defenses to the allegations in all of these cases and may have insurance and indemnification rights against third parties, including related parties, with respect to these claims.
−Removed: Given the preliminary nature of these claims, we cannot predict the outcome of these matters.
On February 27, 2020, we and CP Development Co., LLC (an indirect subsidiary of ours) filed two lawsuits in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California.
−Removed: These lawsuits name as defendants the United States of America and Tetra Tech, respectively.
+Added: These lawsuits name as defendants the United States of America and Tetra Tech (and a Tetra Tech subsidiary), respectively.
The lawsuits allege damages with respect to the financial harm resulting from (among other things) the delayed delivery to us of the remaining parcels of The San Francisco Shipyard, which parcels remain subject to further retesting by the U.S.
Navy as a result of Tetra Tech’s allegedly fraudulent conduct.
−Removed: These lawsuits seek, in part, compensatory damages, equitable indemnification for the costs incurred in defending against the other lawsuits filed against us related to Tetra Tech’s activities, and attorney’s fees.
+Added: These lawsuits seek, in part, compensatory damages, equitable indemnification for the costs incurred in defending against the other lawsuits filed against us related to Tetra Tech’s activities, and attorneys’ fees.
+Added: Please refer to Note 11 of our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference, for descriptions of additional legal proceedings to which we are a party.
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