Interesting MMD Newswire post from October 24
Quotes from Bob Berkman's post:
[Citing quarterly reports and SEC filings, Rancho Santa Margarita (CA), Home Owners Association president and business owner Craig Innis, expressed concern that potential defaults and foreclosures on multi-million dollar loans borrowed by Cadiz, Inc. could place project liability upon ratepayers should the private company file for bankruptcy.]
and
[The federal lawsuit filed by Ruth Musser-Lopez, on behalf of RiverAHA, targeted Cadiz, Inc., the Santa Margarita Water District, the County of San Bernardino, the U.S. Department of the Interior, its secretary Kenneth Salazar, and the Bureau of Land Management. The litigation attempted to seek a temporary restraining order, and an injunction, to halt the County of San Bernardino's approval of the project until the environmental study included a federal review under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. The federal court denied the requests based upon a lack of jurisdiction and procedural issues; however, contrary to published reports by the project's principle promoter, Cadiz, Inc., the court did not dismiss the case. The court instructed that the cited federal protective laws do not allow individuals the right to file a redress action before the exhaustion of administrative remedies. Musser-Lopez then strategically withdrew the complaint without prejudice, leaving open the possibility of later refiling.]
Also, there is second lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club San Gorgonio chapter and the San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society against San Bernardino County (the lawsuit states [... the San Bernardino County failed to provide an environmental review and did not comply with its own groundwater ordinance, designed to protect resources in the desert.] This lawsuit was filed on Nov. 1.