[2] In 2011 Tia Maria Torres had planned to move Villalobos to a small town called Tehachapi, California, around 75 miles north of where it had operated in Agua Dulce.

It appeared to be an ideal place for VRC to relocate with the overabundance of pit bulls in Kern County and a prison facility in town, with newly released inmates looking for work.

VRC secured all the proper permits, yet at the final moment Kern County did not grant permission for the rescue to conduct their business in the remote area of Old West Ranch, Tehachapi.

Losing all of her personal savings spent on the Tehachapi project and hundreds of man hours, Torres and the VRC were forced to remain at the Agua Dulce location.

As the rules regarding kennel permits were becoming increasingly strict and expensive in Los Angeles County, the rescue announced on November 13, 2011, that they would be moving the facility out of California in order to survive financially.