Tentative Rulings on 1) Second Amended/Supplemental Petition for Writ of Mandate; and 2) Petition for Writ of Mandate
Sierra Club v. County of San Diego, Case No. 2012-0101054
Golden Door Properties LLC v. County of San Diego, Case No. 2016-0037402 April 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m., Dept. 72
1. Overview and Procedural Posture.
In late 2012 and early 2013, the court was required to address, in two CEQA cases, the controversial topics of greenhouse gases and global climate change. The first was Cleveland Nat'l. Forest Foundation v. SANDAG, Case No. 2011-00101593; that case was the subject of a learned opinion of the 4th DCA, Div. 1 [D063288, 180 Cal.Rptr.3d 548 (2014)], and remains pending review by the California Supreme Court [No. S223603, 343 P.2d 903 (2015)]. The Court has limited the issue in that case to "Must the environmental impact report for a regional transportation plan include an analysis of the plan's consistency with the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals reflected in Ex
Hearing Date
April 27, 2017
Category
Civil - Unlimited
Type
Toxic Tort/Environmental
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Tentative Rulings on 1) Second Amended/Supplemental Petition for Writ of Mandate; and 2) Petition for Writ of Mandate
Sierra Club v. County of San Diego, Case No. 2012-0101054
Golden Door Properties LLC v. County of San Diego, Case No. 2016-0037402 April 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m., Dept. 72
1. Overview and Procedural Posture.
In late 2012 and early 2013, the court was required to address, in two CEQA cases, the controversial topics of greenhouse gases and global climate change. The first was Cleveland Nat'l. Forest Foundation v. SANDAG, Case No. 2011-00101593; that case was the subject of a learned opinion of the 4th DCA, Div. 1 [D063288, 180 Cal.Rptr.3d 548 (2014)], and remains pending review by the California Supreme Court [No. S223603, 343 P.2d 903 (2015)]. The Court has limited the issue in that case to "Must the environmental impact report for a regional transportation plan include an analysis of the plan's consistency with the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals reflected in Ex