SANTEE, Calif. — Environmental groups are once again challenging Santee’s approval of the controversial Fanita Ranch development.
The proposal to build homes on a 2,600-acre site in northern Santee has been repeatedly challenged throughout the last 30 years through different versions of the project.
“They sort of short-circuited this democratic process that should’ve occurred,” said John Buse, senior counsel at the Center for Biological Diversity…