Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2010
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Description: Challenge to environmental impact report for mixed use development project on grounds that it did not adequately discuss sea level rise.
  • Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. City of Los Angeles
    Docket number(s): B231965
    Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/09/2011 Opinion Download Opinion issued. A land trust and several other parties challenged the certification of a revised environmental impact report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act concerning a proposed mixed-use real estate development. Among other things, the lawsuit challenged the EIR’s analysis of sea level rise from climate change.  A state trial court dismissed the challenge. On appeal, the state appellate court affirmed, holding that the EIR adequately discussed the impacts of sea level rise from climate change.