In Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach 2015 Cal. App. LEXIS 436, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld an approval by the City of Newport Beach (City) of a development project on 400 acres of undeveloped coastal property with active oilfield operations (Project). The Project consisted of developing one-fourth of the area…

This post is part of a series highlighting the CEQA cases currently pending before the California Supreme Court.

Petition for Review Granted

April 18, 2012

Current Status

Fully briefed by the parties as of September 18, 2012.

Amicus briefing complete as of December 5, 2012.

Supplemental briefing completed by the parties as of January 29,…

This post is part of a series highlighting the CEQA cases currently pending before the California Supreme Court.

Petition for Review Granted

September 11, 2013

Current Status

Fully briefed by the parties as of January 31, 2014.

Amicus briefing complete as of March 27, 2014.

Oral Argument April 8, 2015.

Court’s Statement of Issues Presented…

On April 29, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed Executive Order B-30-15, which establishes “[a] new interim greenhouse gas emission reduction target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030…” (Executive Order B-30-15, ¶ 1, at http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18938.)  The Executive Order requires the California Air Resources Board to express the 2030 …

On April 1, 2015, Citizens for Positive Growth & Preservation filed a petition for a writ of mandate in Sacramento Superior Court seeking to invalidate the City of Sacramento’s (City) recent adoption of its 2035 General Plan.

After a “major overhaul” of its 1988 General Plan and adoption of the 2030 General Plan in 2009,…

In an opinion issued April 9, 2015, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley denied a petition for a writ of mandate challenging the environmental impact report (EIR) for the McKinley Village infill development project in East Sacramento. The court also rejected petitioner’s argument that McKinley Village conflicted with the City of Sacramento’s General Plan. Thomas …

On April 13, 2015, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District granted a request by respondent County of San Bernardino (County) and real party Al-Nur Islamic Center to publish its recent decision in Save Our Uniquely Rural Community Environment v. County of San Bernardino, 2015 Cal. App. LEXIS 307 (Cal. App. 4th…

In an unpublished opinion in Redlands Good Neighbor Coalition v. City of Redlands, 2015 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2210, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s decision and denied petitioner’s challenges under the Subdivision Map Act and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to the City of Redlands’ (City) approval of…

In an unpublished opinion in Save Our Uniquely Rural Community Environment (SOURCE) v. County of San Bernardino, 2015 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1976, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court decision and reduced petitioner’s attorney fees by 80 percent in a challenge under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to a…

In an unpublished decision in Concerned Residents of Benedict Canyon v. City of L.A., 2015 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 989, the California Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s decision and held no actual case or controversy existed after the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) recommended that the Los Angeles Planning Department…