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Protect Our Homes and Hills v. County of Orange

Date
2015
Geography
California
Part of
Protect Our Homes and Hills v. County of Orange

About this case

Filing year
2015
Status
Statement of decision issued expressing intent to issue a writ.
Geography
United States → California
Docket number
30-2015-00797300
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 environmental review for residential development in Orange County, California.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
07/22/2016
Decision
Statement of decision issued expressing intent to issue a writ.
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The court rejected almost all arguments regarding shortcomings in the environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act for a residential development that would include up to 340 single-family homes on 470 acres in Orange County, but found that the environmental impact report had impermissibly deferred mitigation of greenhouse gas impacts and arbitrarily limited the extent to which such mitigation measures must be considered.

Summary

Challenge to environmental review for residential development in Orange County, California.