Overview

• More than 50 current and former residents of Olive Dell Ranch filed suit alleging civil rights violations, unfair business practices, financial elder abuse and labor violations.
• The complaint centers on a late-2024 decision to convert the longtime naturist community into a clothing-required “textile” park, with a notice making clothing mandatory starting January 6, 2025.
• Residents say management raised costs, installed or removed electricity meters that led to soaring bills, and let basic services lapse, citing a green pool, closed laundry and sauna, lost potable water and gaps in trash service.
• Tenants report power shutoffs during extreme heat and say some resorted to propane for hot water, while an attorney for plaintiffs frames the case as discrimination against people who practice a nudist lifestyle.
• The on-site manager accuses some tenants of nonpayment and vandalism, a claim residents dispute, and reporters say repeated attempts to reach the owners or their attorney have gone unanswered.