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Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. Regents of University of California

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Trial court’s judgment granting writ petition vacated and matter remanded to the trial court to enter an order dismissing the petition.
Docket number
A163810
Court/admin entity
United StatesState CourtsCalifornia Court of Appeals (Cal. Ct. App.)
Case category
State Law Claims (US)State Impact Assessment Laws (US)
Principal law
United StatesCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
At issue
Challenge to environmental review for the Upper Hearst Development Plan for Goldman School of Public Policy and Minor Amendment to the 2020 Long Range Development Plan for Berkeley, including failure to assess or mitigate impacts on climate change.
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04/27/2023
Trial court’s judgment granting writ petition vacated and matter remanded to the trial court to enter an order dismissing the petition.
The California Court of Appeal held that challenges to the analysis of the environmental impacts of increased enrollment at the University of California, Berkeley, were moot because the Regents of the University of California had certified a new environmental impact report (EIR) and California had enacted legislation that restricted California Environmental Quality Act reviews of the impacts of increased enrollment. The new EIR’s analysis of the impacts of increased enrollment focused on seven categories, one of which was greenhouse gas emissions.
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Summary

Challenge to environmental review for the Upper Hearst Development Plan for Goldman School of Public Policy and Minor Amendment to the 2020 Long Range Development Plan for Berkeley, including failure to assess or mitigate impacts on climate change.

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Impacted group
Just transition
Greenhouse gas
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Adaptation/resilience
Finance