UPDATE AUG 20, 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 October 2000 two old deep drilled oil & gas wells were found under the Ladera Ranch construction project.  Reports were directly sent to Thomas M. Walker DMB Ladera LLC concerning the discovered old deep drilled oil & gas wells, they knew in Aug 2000. The old oil & gas wells deep drilled 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. There were serious problems with the reabandonment of the old oil & gas wells under Ladera Ranch CA. The oil & gas well near Poets Park Ladera Ranch CA was originally deep drilled down t...