.In the most recent action related to the proposed Lovemore housing development in Joshua Tree, a Superior Court Judge released a decision on the petition filed against the project in May 2025 by Joshua Tree Village Neighbors (JTVN). While not supporting all allegations of the petition, the decision agreed there were problems with water issues, especially wastewater and storm runoff.  The project developers then responded with a Recirculated Initial Study (IS) that still does not appropriately respond to the designated issues, according to a letter sent to the County by the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board. MBCA sent a comment letter describing ongoing concerns about the water issues and recommending the Supervisors reject the Recirculated IS.

This timeline provides links to MBCA’s prior reporting on the Lovemore development. 

August 2024 - MBCA’s first letter of concern

February 2025 - MBCA appeals the Planning Commission approval of Lovemore

April 2025 – Report on the appeal hearing and denial that includes timestamps for the full video of the hearing

May 2025 – Report on Joshua Tree Village Neighbors’ petition challenging the Mitigated Negative Declaration, alleging CEQA violations and violation of some County regulations.