Description: Challenge to an environmental impact report for a long-range planning document intended to guide future development of a campus of the University of California, San Francisco.
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Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. Regents of the University of California
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 09/20/2023 Opinion Download Judgment for Regents of the University of California affirmed. California Appellate Court Upheld Carbon Offset Purchases as CEQA Mitigation Measure. The California Court of Appeal found that the environmental impact report for a long-range planning document to guide future development of a campus of the University of California, San Francisco was compliant with CEQA. Among the arguments rejected by the court was a contention that a mitigation measure providing for the purchase of carbon offset credits to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions was unenforceable and that the details of the measure were improperly deferred.