Citizens’ Organization Files Lawsuit Over Buddhist Retreat Center’s Printing Plant Expansion

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors’ approval of a permit for a Buddhist retreat center and its publishing operation in the coastal hills west of Cazadero (CA) violated county land use standards and state law, according to a lawsuit filed by a citizens’ organization.

Coastal Hills Rural Preservation, a group based in the Seaview Ridge area, alleged that Ratna Ling Retreat Center illegally expanded the printing plant operation and paper text storage structures on rural Hauser Bridge Road above Salt Point State Park.

"This expansion of the printing and retreat operations at Ratna Ling was accomplished in a piecemeal fashion