East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice v. City of Los Angeles

Seven lawsuits were filed asserting challenges under the California Environmental Quality Act to City of Los Angeles approvals for an approximately 185-acre intermodal railyard facility located in the cities of Los Angeles, Carson, and Long Beach. The petitions asserted a number of failings in the environmental review of the project, including climate change-related shortcomings. In particular, the East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice petition charged that despite concluding that the project would have significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, the EIR did not discuss any mitigation measures for the project. The East Yard petition also alleged that the EIR made “patently false” claims regarding the project’s consistency with state and local plans and policies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.