COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2026 | |
| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Water Contracts The Company has secured water contracts that are encumbered by the Company's land. These water contracts require minimum annual payments, for which $8,549,000 was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2026. These water contract payments consist of SWP contracts with WRMWSD, TCWD, Tulare Lake Basin, Dudley-Ridge, and the Nickel water contract. The SWP contracts run through 2085, and the Nickel water contract runs through 2044, with an option to extend an additional 35 years. The Company's contractual obligation for future water payments was $1,606,003,000 as of March 31, 2026. Contracts The Company terminated a consulting arrangement in 2014 related to the Grapevine at Tejon Ranch development (Grapevine) and remains obligated to pay an incentive fee upon obtaining certain regulatory approvals (Regulatory Approvals). The fee is based on the increase in the property’s fair market value over a base value, to be determined at the time Regulatory Approvals are obtained, with an additional fee measured from the property’s value five years thereafter. The final amount will be determined at those future valuation dates, and, at this time, the fees cannot be reasonably estimated. Community Facilities Districts TRPFFA is a joint powers authority formed by Kern County and TCWD to finance public infrastructure within the Company’s Kern County developments. For the development of TRCC, TRPFFA has created two CFDs: the West CFD and the East CFD. The West CFD has placed liens on 420 acres of the Company’s land to secure payment of special taxes related to $19,540,000 of outstanding bond debt sold by TRPFFA for TRCC-West. The East CFD has placed liens on 1,931 acres of the Company’s land to secure payments of special taxes related to $95,660,000 of outstanding bond debt sold by TRPFFA for TRCC-East. At TRCC-West, the West CFD has no additional bond debt approved for issuance. At TRCC-East, the East CFD has approximately $18,605,000 of additional bond debt authorized by TRPFFA that can be sold in the future. As a landowner in each CFD, the Company is obligated to pay its share of the special taxes assessed each year. The secured lands include both the TRCC-West and TRCC-East developments. Proceeds from the sale of West CFD bonds went to reimburse the Company for public infrastructure costs related to the TRCC-West development. As of March 31, 2026, there were no additional improvement funds remaining from the West CFD bonds. On July 25, 2024, TRPFFA sold bonds that provide approximately $25,000,000 of improvement funds for the reimbursement of public infrastructure costs at TRCC-East. As of March 31, 2026, there are $10,440,000 of additional improvement funds remaining within the East CFD bonds for reimbursement of public infrastructure costs during future years. During fiscal year 2026, the Company expects to pay approximately $3,867,000 in special taxes. As development continues to occur at TRCC, new owners of land and new lease tenants, through triple net leases, will bear an increasing portion of the assessed special tax. This amount could change in the future, based on the amount of bonds outstanding and the amount of taxes paid by others. The assessment of each individual property sold or leased is not determinable at this time, because it is based on the current tax rate and assessed value of the property at the time of sale or on its assessed value at the time it is leased to a third-party. Accordingly, the Company was not required to recognize an obligation on March 31, 2026. Centennial As previously disclosed and summarized in our annual report on Form 10-K, the Company considers the CBD/CNPS Action (as defined in prior disclosures) resolved. There have been no material developments during the three months ended March 31, 2026, that would change that conclusion. Proceedings Incidental to Business From time to time, the Company is involved in other proceedings incidental to its business, including actions relating to employee claims, real estate disputes, contractor disputes and grievance hearings before labor regulatory agencies. The outcome of these other proceedings is not predictable. However, based on current circumstances, the Company believes that the ultimate resolution of these other proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows, either individually or in the aggregate.
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