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Yuma County
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The County publishes biosolids information and communicates resident concerns to state agencies. Its Board requested lease termination in December 2025; allegations in that letter are not independently established damages.
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- Primary source · Government recordCounty Board’s December 2025 letter to the State Land Department
Two-page signed letter dated December 1, 2025 requests lease termination and another lessee.
- Secondary source / research lead · OtherUnresolved research compilation: Run 4: Science and Regulatory Record: Flies, PFAS, Biosolids, Yuma Exposure Pathways, and Official Claims
This page documents an unresolved claim or research lead. It is not a finding of fact. UNRESOLVED. SECONDARY SOURCE ONLY. This is a cleaned catalog description of an internal research compilation, not independent corroboration of its contents. Authorship and issuing authority are not independently authenticated. The raw research PDF remains private.
- Secondary source / research lead · Government recordUnresolved source lead: Yuma County Assessor FAQ
This page documents an unresolved claim or research lead. It is not a finding of fact. UNRESOLVED. ORIGINAL RECORD NOT OBTAINED FOR THIS REVIEW. A records-access FAQ is not an authenticated parcel, title or ownership record.
- Secondary source / research lead · Government recordUnresolved source lead: Yuma County Assessor website
This page documents an unresolved claim or research lead. It is not a finding of fact. UNRESOLVED. ORIGINAL RECORD NOT OBTAINED FOR THIS REVIEW. An assessor portal is a search route. No particular ownership relationship follows from the portal itself.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County Assessor: 724-02-003 is separate Cha Cha LLC property
Independent resolution of discrepancy: owner Cha Cha LLC;4351 E40thSt;28.45 acres;Franks Ranch land division LotA. This is not the19.5-acre Arachnida parcel in annexation. No city correction notice verified.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County Assessor: Arachnida parcel 724-09-003 and transfer history
Current public assessor reviewed October 12: 19.50 acres, Arachnida Farm De LLC, Section18 T9S R22W. Transfer entries: 2014-10798 Arachnida Agricultural Ltd Ptnr to GS Group Holdings AZ May15 2014; 2016-26383 GS Group Holdings AZ to Arachnida Farm De LLC Nov3 2016, covers11 parcels. Sales amounts cover larger bundles and are not reported as this parcel price. Assessor is not certified title evidence.
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- Primary source · Government recordYuma County Assessor: Paradise parcel 724-10-001 and transfer history
Current assessor owner Paradise Yuma Grove De LLC; 40 acres rounded vs city39.97; SE quarter NW quarter Section18 T9S R22W. 2014 and2016 transfers are shared with adjacent Paradise holdings; no inference of ultimate company ownership.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County Assessor: Paradise parcel 724-11-001 and transfer history
Owner Paradise Yuma Grove De LLC;10 acres rounded vs city9.98; NW quarter SW quarter NE quarter Section18 T9S R22W. 2014-06334 multi-parcel transfer to GS Group Holdings AZ LLC;2016-26415 transfer from GS Group Holdings AZ to Paradise Yuma Grove De LLC on Nov3 2016. Assessor grantor spellings contain variants; personal names omitted absent deed verification.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County Clerk of Superior Court contact information
Official court-clerk information for locating the appropriate records office.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County community newsletter archive
County archive providing access to its community communications.
- Primary source · Public statementYuma County: Supervisors Authorize Outside Counsel in Response to Potential Legal Action
Yuma County's April 27, 2026 communication about outside counsel in response to potential legal action by Treasurer David Alexandre.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County's April 3, 2026 announcement on six AgTech site inspections
Official County announcement reporting no fly larvae found at six AgTech sites during the preceding two days. The complete announcement and the County's two-page complaint investigation report were inspected in this review.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma County’s biosolids information page
County account of its role, complaints, inspections and scientific references.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma Recorder 2016-26383: Arachnida acquisition special warranty deed
Eight pages reviewed. GS Group Holdings AZ LLC conveys to Arachnida Farm LLC, a Delaware LLC; effectiveOct31 2016, recordedNov3 2016. ExhibitA parcel1 explicitly724-09-003, southhalfLot2 Section18 T9S R22W;11tax parcels in bundle. Grantor manager chain GSGroupHoldings LLC and GreenstoneResourceGroup LLC, signed MichaelJSchlehuber as manager/CEO in2016. This is grantor-side historical connection, not proof Greenstone owns land in2026.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma Recorder 2016-26415: Paradise acquisition special warranty deed
Five pages reviewed. GS Group Holdings AZ LLC conveys to Paradise Yuma Grove LLC, a Delaware LLC; effectiveOct31 2016, recordedNov3 2016. ExhibitA explicitly724-11-001 and724-10-001 plus other land. Same historical grantor manager chain asArachnida; no present ownership inference. Legal descriptions matchSection18quarter divisions in annexation.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma Recorder 2026-19562: August 4 annexation filing and affidavit
Recorded August4 2026, three-page packet:blank-annexation-petition cover, affidavit signed by principal planner Erika Peterson/notarized Alejandro Marquez Jr., and blank petition with exact70.8-acre legaldescription. Affidavit attests no competing earlier annexation filing. City planner signature is procedural role,not ownership. No map in thisthree-page recorderpacket; boundary maps reviewed separately in city and September signed petitions.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma Recorder 2026-23694: Arachnida signed annexation petition
Three-page watermarked original reviewed visually. Signed September15 2026 by Michael Malano, Its Managing Director, Property Owner Arachnida Farm De LLC; parcel724-09-003. Recorded September22 2026. Operative petition and map45394-2026; cover and one index label say45394-2025, an unresolved clerical inconsistency; no legal validity conclusion. Same legal boundary as ordinance.
- Primary source · Government recordYuma Recorder 2026-23695: Paradise signed annexation petition
Three-page watermarked original visually reviewed. Michael Malano signed September15 2026 for Paradise Yuma Grove De LLC, parcels724-10-001 and724-11-001; recordedSeptember22 2026. Cover says45394-2025 but operative petition/map45394-2026; no city explanation verified. No inference that signer owns companies.
Timeline events 2
- County Board asks State Land Department to end AgTech’s lease
The signed December 1, 2025 letter requests termination and a new lessee. It relays nuisance and loss allegations without independently measuring causation or damages.
- County announces no larvae found during six AgTech site inspections
On April 3, 2026, Yuma County announced that inspectors had found no fly larvae at six AgTech sites during the preceding two days. The County's Complaint Investigation Report, pages 1–2, dates those inspections April 2–3. This entry marks the announcement, not a claim that every inspection occurred April 3. The observations are limited to the inspected places and conditions and do not identify the regional source of adult flies.
Related topics 1
- Yuma Biosolids / AgTech
A source-first guide to Yuma’s biosolids debate: State Land leases, AgTech’s reported formal challenge, the City contract, fly research, PFAS questions and the records still needed.