Principal Law:

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

217 Cases found

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.

McCann v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment reversed with directions to the trial court to enter a new judgment granting the petition as to the second cause of action. [ 10/08/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for project to convert overhead utility wires to an underground system.

Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Final judgment of trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part and trial court directed to issue a new writ of mandate and judgment. [ 10/14/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the environmental review for a mixed-use development in San Diego County.

TruOjai, LLC v. County of Ventura

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Writ of mandate denied. [ 06/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Ventura County ordinance that banned short-term rentals in Ojai Valley.

Sierra Watch v. County of Placer

Filing Date: 2016
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. [ 08/24/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to CEQA review for proposed report in Olympic Valley.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition granted in part and County ordered to vacate approvals of project. [ 10/07/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 14 project in San Diego County, California.

Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion for leave to intervene filed by People of the State of California ex rel. Xavier Becerra. [ 03/17/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 project in San Diego County, California.

Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Request for dismissal of appeal filed by California Attorney General. [ 01/11/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project.

County of Mono v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate granted. [ 03/08/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power should have conducted a California Environmental Quality Act review for its change in use of water on land owned by the Department in Mono County.

Stop Syar Expansion v. County of Napa

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Amended opinion and order modifying opinion issued; denial of petition affirmed. [ 04/23/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review for expansion of an aggregate operation.

Center for Biological Diversity v. California Geological Energy Management Division

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: CalGEM and industry group motions for judgment on the pleadings denied. [ 12/22/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the Geologic Energy Management Division of the California Department of Conservation issued permits for oil and gas drilling and other oil and gas activities without complying with the California Environmental Quality Act.