Property rights along with fair and equal treatment are at the heart of a lawsuit filed by a Penn Valley couple against Nevada County. Peter Lockyer and Juliet Erickson filed suit against Nevada County in connection with an ongoing dispute over the location of a 48-foot cell phone tower, which is proposed to be constructed on a Nevada Irrigation District-owned parcel adjacent to the couple’s property on a ridge overlooking Lake Wildwood. “For the last two years, we have played by the rules as the county has continued to duck and dive,” Erickson said. “We want to uphold our constitutional …












