Elderly Tea Importer Forced to Vacate Marin Eco-Compound After Decadeslong Battle With County
The 82-year-old tea importer David Lee Hoffman was forced to leave his Lagunitas property Tuesday after a decadeslong legal battle with Marin County over unpermitted construction at the unusual compound he had called home for 53 years.
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