UPDATE AUG 18th 2026...Ladera Ranch CA the 100 million dollar master-planned community broke ground in August 1999. DMB Ladera LLC was the master developer of Ladera Ranch CA from 1998 to 2005 overseeing the site development and installation of utilities such as the electrical grid and drinking water and sewer systems. In July 2001 two old deep drilled oil & gas wells were found under the Ladera Ranch construction project.  Reports were directly sent to DMB Ladera LLC concerning the discovered oil & gas wells, they knew. The old oil & gas wells from 1921 and 1961 under Ladera Ranch were re-plugged and re-capped by June 2002, (which is called a reabandonment), covered up with dirt and kept secret for the last 25 years. DMB Ladera, LLC is the Delaware foreign limited liability company entity formed by DMB Development in 1996 to build the 100 million dollar Ladera Ranch, a 4,000-acre master-planned community in Orange County, California. It oversees community infrastructu...