SHEA HOMES v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

Nos. A097072, A097387, A097454.

2 Cal.Rptr.3d 739 (2003)

110 Cal.App.4th 1246

SHEA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Defendants and Respondents, Sierra Club et al., Interveners and Respondents. Trafalgar, Inc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. County of Alameda, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

Review Denied October 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Kathy M. Banke, Jayne E. Fleming, Oakland; Morrison & Foerster and Michael Zischke, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Shea Homes Limited Partnership, Hong Yao Lin and Jennifer Lin.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and David P. Lanferman, Santa Barbara, for Plaintiff and Appellant Trafalgar, Inc.

Richard E. Winnie, County Counsel, Lorenzo E. Chambliss, Senior Deputy County Counsel and Brian Washington, Assistant County Counsel; M. Thomas Jacobson for Defendants and Respondents County of Alameda and Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda.

Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney (Berkeley), and Zach Cowan, Assistant City Attorney for Cities of Berkeley, Oakland, Pleasanton, Livermore, Albany and Emeryville as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent County of Alameda.

Trent W. Orr; Earthjustice and Deborah S. Reames, San Francisco, for Interveners and Respondents The Sierra Club, Preserve Area Ridgelands Committee, Golden Gate Audubon Society and Greenbelt Alliance.


JONES, P.J.

Shea Homes Limited Partnership, Hong Yao Lin, Jennifer Lin (collectively Shea Homes) and Trafalgar, Inc. (Trafalgar) appeal judgments on the pleadings and denials of petitions for writ of mandate in their actions challenging the validity of Measure D, a "Citizens for Open Space Initiative Plan to Protect Agriculture and Open Space" adopted by the electorate of Alameda County (County) in November 2000.1 They contend Measure...

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