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162 Cases found

Gonzalez v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 12/06/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of San Diego’s approval of two development projects—a 60-story mixed-use building and a 20-story hotel tower.

Sierra Club v. City of Highland

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 09/15/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Highlands approvals of residential development.

King & Gardiner Farms LLC v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Appeals filed. [ 06/11/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to county zoning ordinance amendments that would purportedly authorize development of thousands new oil and gas wells annually, as well as related construction and operational activities, without further site-specific assessment.

City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief filed. [ 02/10/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to zoning ordinance that imposed requirements on biosolids recycling.

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. Port of Seattle

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Notice of appeal filed. [ 08/27/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to lease that would allegedly make the Port of Seattle the homeport for Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet.

Beverlywood Homes Association v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Denial of petition for writ of mandate affirmed. [ 11/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals by the City of Los Angeles for a development project in Century City that included a 37-story office tower.

Protect Our Homes and Hills v. County of Orange

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court's judgment reversed in part and trial court directed to grant petition for writ of mandate with respect to issues in addition to the greenhouse gas mitigation issue. [ 10/13/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for residential development in Orange County, California.

Friends of Big Bear Valley v. County of San Bernardino

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court's judgment largely affirmed, including rejection of climate change-related claims. [ 02/27/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of changes to a proposed residential development on Big Bear Lake, including for failure to consider the project's impact on climate change.