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Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Date
2019
Document type
Litigation
Part of
Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Notice of appeal filed (with ruling and judgment attached).
Geography
Docket number
SCV265711
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Cal. Super. Ct.
Case category
State Law Claims → State Impact Assessment Laws
Principal law
United States → California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
At issue
Challenge to City of Santa Rosa law restricting natural gas appliances in new homes.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
06/21/2021
Appeal
Notice of appeal filed (with ruling and judgment attached).
A developer who unsuccessfully challenged the City of Santa Rosa’s adoption of a “Reach Code” appealed the denial of his petition/complaint in the California Court of Appeal. The Reach Code requires new low-rise residential construction to provide a permanent electricity supply for space heating, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying, and bans plumbing for natural gas. A California trial court rejected the plaintiff’s claims that the City’s adoption of the Reach Code violated the California Environmental Quality Act and laws governing reach codes.
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Summary

Challenge to City of Santa Rosa law restricting natural gas appliances in new homes.