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Sierra Club v. County of San Diego
Sierra Club v. County of San Diego ↗
37-2019-00038820Cal. Super. Ct.2 entries
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
10/07/2021
Decision
Petition granted in part and County ordered to vacate approvals of project.
A California Superior Court ruled that greenhouse gas mitigation measures approved for a residential development in San Diego County were insufficient under the California Court of Appeals’ decision in Golden Door Properties, LLC v. County of San Diego, which requires that carbon offsets be real, permanent, quantifiable, verifiable, and enforceable. The court also found that the respondents failed to comply with CEQA because the consideration of wildfire risks improperly “compress[ed]” analysis of impacts and mitigation measures by characterizing mitigation measures as part of the project.
03/17/2021
Motion To Intervene
Motion to intervene filed by People of the State of California ex rel. Xavier Becerra.
In March 2021, the California Attorney General filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the People of the State of California in a lawsuit challenging a residential development in San Diego County that the Attorney General argued would result in adverse environmental effects that could affect the public generally. The attorney general's petition included allegations regarding wildfire risk and the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.