Appellate Court Upholds City’s Approval of Large Commercial Project Even with Unknown Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Deferred Mitigation, and Rejected Alternative

By Thomas Law Group on August 6, 2012

Posted in Air Quality, Alternatives, CEQA Legislation, Cumulative Impacts, Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Environmental Resources, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mitigation, Project Description/Piecemealing, Transportation

UPDATE: On August 27, 2012, the Fourth Appellate District Court certified Rialto Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rialto (2012) 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 849 for full publication.

In a decision certified for partial publication, Rialto Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rialto (2012) 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 849, the Fourth Appellate District…

Court Upholds EIR for a Wind Energy Project Despite the Conceptual Nature of the Project Description

By Thomas Law Group on February 21, 2012

Posted in Alternatives, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Procedural Issues, Project Description/Piecemealing

In an unpublished decision, Bedford v. Santa Barbara County, 2012 Cal.App.Unpub.LEXIS 886, the Second Appellate District upheld a trial court’s ruling denying a petition challenging the adequacy of an environmental impact report for a wind farm project in Santa Barbara County. First, the Court upheld the trial court’s determination that the Petitioners failed to…

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