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Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. Regents of the University of California

About this case

Filing year
2021
Status
Judgment for Regents of the University of California affirmed.
Docket number
A166091, A166094
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → California Court of Appeals (Cal. Ct. App.)
Case category
Carbon Offsets and Credits (US) → Regulatory (US)State Law Claims (US) → State Impact Assessment Laws (US)
Principal law
United States → California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
At issue
Challenge to an environmental impact report for a long-range planning document intended to guide future development of a campus of the University of California, San Francisco.
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09/20/2023
Judgment for Regents of the University of California affirmed.
The California Court of Appeal found that the environmental impact report for a long-range planning document to guide future development of a campus of the University of California, San Francisco was compliant with CEQA. Among the arguments rejected by the court was a contention that a mitigation measure providing for the purchase of carbon offset credits to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions was unenforceable and that the details of the measure were improperly deferred.
Decision

Summary

Challenge to an environmental impact report for a long-range planning document intended to guide future development of a campus of the University of California, San Francisco.

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Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance