The parties to a legal dispute over ballot arguments for last year’s Measure B in San Diego County announced a settlement Monday, but the terms weren’t immediately announced.
The legal action was filed by Measure B supporters, who contended that the case made by opponents were false and misleading.
The countywide proposition would have cleared the way for a 1,700-home development in the Lilac Hills section of Valley Center, but nearly two-thirds of voters were against it.
In a September hearing, a Superior Court judge ordered several of the opponents’ arguments to be changed, while allowing others of their arguments to published as submitted. Subsequently, supporters of Measure B asked the court to recover $88,000 in attorney’s fees.
The agreement that mutually absolves all parties from liability.
“The campaign is over and we have no desire to continue litigating this matter,” said Measure B supporter Paul Schumann.
An opponent, Mark Jackson, said: “We are satisfied that this agreement resolves all outstanding litigation between opponents and supporters of Measure B. It’s time to move on.”
Opponents contended that the project would have placed a town roughly the size of Del Mar in a rural area lacking in roads, water, sewers and emergency services. The county’s analysis indicated that the project would add more than 19,000 daily car trips to regional roads, freeways and highways.
— City News Service
