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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

146 Cases found

Inland Oversight Committee v. City of Chino

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate granted in part. [ 10/31/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to City approvals for development of a recreational vehicle storage facility.

Keep the Code, Inc. v. County of Mendocino

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment and peremptory writ of mandate affirmed. [ 11/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to California Environmental Quality Act review for an expanded quarry, asphalt processing facility, quarry reclamation project, and related zoning actions.

Friends of the Santa Clara River v. County of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate denied. [ 12/19/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to Los Angeles County's determination that mitigation measures adopted by Newhall Ranch developer had reduced the greenhouse gas impacts of two "villages" within the project to less than significance.

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.

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 Wine Country v. County of Riverside

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended petition for writ of mandate denied. [ 05/11/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Riverside County's approval of a Wine Country Community Plan, including for failure to adequately evaluate project impacts on greenhouse gas emissions.

County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued dismissing appeal with directions to trial court to vacate its judgment and dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. [ 12/20/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging failure to consider the environmental effects of climate change on the operation of the Oroville Dam and related facilities.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief filed. [ 08/23/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to San Diego County's approval of residential developments, allegedly without complying with requirements for enforceable measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended complaint filed. [ 11/21/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that provisions of 2017 scoping plan under the Global Warming Solutions Act are unlawful, unconstitutional, and exacerbate poverty.

Sierra Club v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued largely upholding CEQA review. [ 07/10/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to CEQA review for development plan for part of Kern County.

Friends of the River v. Delta Stewardship Council

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/25/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to amendments to the Delta Plan for long-term management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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.

Sierra Club v. City of Fontana

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Fontana's approval of the Southwest Fontana Logistics Project, which involves development of two industrial warehouse buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet on 73.3 acres.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Tentative ruling issued denying the County's motion challenging the adequacy of the administrative record. [ 08/31/2018 ]
Description: Environmental groups' challenge to San Diego County's Climate Action Plan.