Principal Law:

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

207 Cases found

Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 10/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Santee's approval of the Fanita Ranch residential and commercial development project after a court previously found that the City failed to adequately consider wildfire and public safety impacts.

Environmental Democracy Project v. City of Oakland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 10/21/2022 ]
Description: California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit challenge City of Oakland approvals of major indoor cannabis cultivation projects.

Climate Action Campaign v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 09/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of San Diego's 2022 Climate Action Plan for allegedly failing to include mechanisms to ensure that its objectives would be achieved.

Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Paramount

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/16/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a biofuels project at an existing refinery site.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to intervene granted. [ 11/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the denial of a permit that would allow Exxon to temporarily truck crude oil from Exxon’s Santa Ynez Unit, consisting of three offshore platforms and an onshore processing center.

Sierra Club v. City of Glendale

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint filed. [ 03/18/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a project to repower a power plant with five new natural gas-fired engines.

Sierra Club v. City of Fontana

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Stipulation for final judgment on consent filed. [ 04/14/2022 ]
Description: CEQA lawsuit challenging the review for a warehouse project in the City of Fontana.

We Advocate Through Environmental Review v. County of Siskiyou

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court judgment reversed and trial court instructed to enter a new judgment granting the petition for writ of mandate and specifying actions the County must take to comply with CEQA. [ 04/20/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a facility that extracted groundwater to produce bottle water.

AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Reply filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority in support of cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 01/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review and approvals for a 2019-2024 water transfer program from sellers upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to downstream buyers that allegedly would exacerbate climate change impacts on groundwater resources.

Zinderman v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and for administrative mandamus filed. [ 02/25/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Los Angeles's approvals of a project that included eldercare and daycare facilities.

West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project v. Port of Oakland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 03/24/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Port of Oakland’s approval of the Eagle Rock Aggregates Oakland Terminal Project and the environmental review of the project.

San Leandro Workers Alliance v. San Leandro City Council

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 08/06/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for a mixed-use residential development, including for failure to consider the greenhouse gas emissions created by the project.