Last week a county judge placed a third party “receiver” in control of the Last Resort, an elaborate Lagunitas hillside property belonging to pioneering tea importer David Lee Hoffman.
In a strongly worded preliminary order issued before last Friday’s hearing, Judge Paul Haakenson wrote that Mr. Hoffman had “defiantly ignored the County’s efforts to have him bring his properties within the law, all while engaging in additional unpermitted building.”
Under the court order, receiver Eric…