December 2014

Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments (November 24, 2014, D063288) ___ Cal.App.4th ___.

By William W. Abbott

In the first published decision to review a metropolitan planning organization’s Sustainable Communities Strategy, the Fourth Appellate District invalidated the EIR. This is a decision with potentially significant ramifications for many other EIRs as well. Continue Reading Court Affirms Inadequacy Of Programmatic EIR for SANDAG’s Sustainable Communities Plan, rejecting Alternatives and Lack Of Meaningful Mitigation Measures

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