Phil Barber

Investors have been galled to see the former business partners Ken Mattson and Tim LeFever line up, as well, in the claims registry, seeking a large stake of money from the disintegrating real estate empire.

Investors have been galled to see the former business partners Ken Mattson and Tim LeFever line up, as well, in the claims registry, seeking a large stake of money from the disintegrating real estate empire.

The new lawsuit, by the Lytton, Cloverdale and Dry Creek rancherias, came a week after another Sonoma County-based Pomo band, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, filed a similar complaint.

The new plan — the fourth by the state’s developers — is the latest flashpoint over what’s to become of the storied campus envisioned for roughly 1,000 homes and a hotel.

The move represents another step in the FBI’s probe of the troubled Sonoma Valley-based real estate empire and its principals.

The move represents another step in the FBI’s probe of the troubled Sonoma Valley-based real estate empire and its principals.

A coalition of neighbors is opposing Villa Vanto Farm’s request to plant 8.4 acres of lavender and 5.9 acres of olive trees, and to graze sheep on a 57-acre property, saying they believe it’s a front for an events business.

The Fair Political Practices Commission public portal shows a staff-driven complaint filed against David Rabbitt’s campaign on Feb. 2, 2024, but Rabbitt says the issues have been resolved.

The concept of restored lands states that a tribe should be considered for gaming rights if its federal recognition was unduly stripped, then later restored.

The project has drawn intense scrutiny, and for the most part condemnation, from a broad spectrum of Sonoma County residents and elected officials since the tribe purchased the land in 2021.