Center for Biological Diversity v. City of Jurupa Valley

Petitioners filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court challenging the approval of the Rio Vista Specific Plan in the City of Jurupa Valley. The project would be a phased master planned community on 917.3 acres. The petitioners alleged that the environmental impact report prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) failed to adequately address the project’s impacts, including by failing to include all greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the project; relying on greenhouse gas mitigation measures that are vague, ineffective, deferred, and/or unenforceable; and failing to incorporate all feasible greenhouse gas mitigation and avoidance measures.