Just want to clarify some details for yall regarding good ol John C Marrelli. First off, he is not dead. Is a live and kicking like you and me. Poor due diligence from paper.
He is a member of several golf clubs in the valley and lives at the compound and at Rancho Santa Fe home. He has huge pockets. Not involved with gov't agencies, but paranoid to the nth degree.
Loves to litigate. Sees any opportunity to sue. You haven't been sued until you've done business with JCM Farming. Made his money with patents to Ironclad trash bags. When Home Depot first began to boom, ironclad were their bags of choice and soon he was awash in cash.
Owns a lot of farms. Is considered to be one of the 2 or 3 largest growers of almonds in the state. In fact, I went to Veromi's website did a search (
http://www.veromi.com/John-C-Marrelli.aspx) on his name and found he has properties in the following areas:
Carlsbad, CA
Ceres, CA
Dinuba, CA
Fresno, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Nipomo, CA
Perris, CA
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Solana Beach, CA
Tustin, CA
Visalia, CA
Shreveport, L
Just to mention a few. I'm bet you all his money if you did a search in each of the counties those cities are in, you would find numerous instances of litigation on behalf of JCM, John C, Mari Marrelli or any one of a number of other shell companies they operate. I'd tell more but don't want him to find out who I am because he'll come after me with all lawyers blazing. See he has them on staff not retainer, therefore he needs to litigate to keep them busy and earning their keep. Doesn't have to worry about them running up huge legal fees because overtime is included and not billed by the hour.
At the end of the day, he is just super rich, super paranoid and super private. He wanted to have a place to compete with the old Annenberg Estate in terms of somewhere dignitaries could come and visit because the facilities met their security needs. Hell he wants a helipad and he doesn't even own a helicopter. Just like a little kid, he doesn't want balloons overhead and he'll be damned if he won't do everything with in his power to make sure they don't.