CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION v. WCB

No. C049919.

49 Cal.Rptr.3d 169 (2006)

143 Cal.App.4th 173

CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD et al., Defendants and Appellants; Leroy V. Traynham et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents; Richard J. Mora, Intervener and Respondent. County of Colusa, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. California Wildlife Conservation Board et al., Defendants and Appellants; Leroy V. Traynham et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents; California Farm Bureau Federation et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

September 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Deborah A. Wordham, Deputy Attorney General for Defendants and Appellants California Wildlife Conservation Board and Department of Fish and Game.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Alan N. Bick, Irvine, and Christeon J. Costanzo for Plaintiff, Intervener and Respondent California Farm Bureau Federation.

Brenda Washington Davis, John R. Weech, Ronda Azevedo Lucas for Plaintiffs, Interveners and Respondents California Farm Bureau Federation and Richard J. Mora.

Somach, Simmons & Dunn and Timothy M. Taylor, Kristen T. Castanos and Jacqueline L. McDonald, Sacramento, and Henry E. Rodegerdts, County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent County of Colusa.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest Leroy V. Traynham.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.

This case addresses the California Wildlife Conservation Board's (WCB) approval of a project involving the conversion of agricultural land into wildlife habitat as categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the WCB appeal the grant of a peremptory writ of mandate directing them inter alia to...

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