A plan to develop 3,000 homes on land in the northern part of Santee will not go forward after a judge ruled against it Friday. The Fanita Ranch development project has been in and out of the court system for years. "There are places where development does not belong, an extreme fire hazard zone is one of them," said Van Collinsworth, Director for Preserve Wild Santee, one of the environmental groups that sued to stop the project. Fanita Ranch is 2,600 acres, and the plan was to build 3,000 homes there. The City of Santee approved it in 2022. The judge said in her latest ruling that the project was inconsistent with the city's general plan and violated the state's environmental protection laws. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/judge-rules-against-fanita-ranch-project-3000-homes-santee/509-51fbf886-d89f-4c90-8b9d-13a6d7e007e1