BAKERSFIELD -- Several groups filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon in an attempt to overturn the county's approval of the Tejon Mountain Village project in the hills east of Lebec.

The Center for Biological Diversity, the Wishtoyo Foundation, the Tri-County Watchdogs and the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment filed the suit in Superior Court, challenging the Board of Supervisors' decision last month to greenlight the project.

All of California will suffer if this project gets built more water will be stolen, the bird that graces our quarter will be doomed, our air will get dirtier, and thousands of people will be placed in harms way because of earthquakes and wildfires that will inevitably follow all so Wall Street can make another quick buck, Adam Keats, of the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a news release.

The plaintiffs believe county staff should have allowed for extra time to review the environmental impact report, which was more than 21,000 pages long, Caroline Farrell, the acting executive director for the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment said.

The groups allege the project has insufficient water supply, inadequate protections for the endangered California condor, and disturbs sacred Native American sites.

The project, which calls for almost 3,500 homes, 160,000 square feet of commercial space and resort hotels with golf courses, was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors in October.

Officials with the project could not comment on specifics of the lawsuit, but say county leaders made the right decision.

"We are disappointed that these groups have chosen to litigate," David Crowder, community relations director for Tejon Mountain Village, LLC, said in a statement. "We feel that the record will show that the county made a well-reasoned decision and that the courts will find in our favor."

The lawsuit suspends any potentially adverse change to the land, and could take years to resolve, Keats said.

No hearing has been set on the lawsuit as of yet, but if it is successful, the developers would have to go through the environmental review process again to get the project approved.