CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN. v. BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DIST.

No. S213478.

62 Cal.4th 369 (2015)

196 Cal. Rptr. 3d 94

362 P.3d 792

CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Bunger , Randi L. Wallach ; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellison Folk and Erin B. Chalmers for Defendant and Appellant.

Matthew Vespa and Kevin P. Bundy for Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Planning and Conservation League as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Thomas B. Brown and Matthew D. Visick for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kurt R. Wise , Barbara B. Baird , Veera Tyagi and Ruby Fernandez for South Coast Air Quality Management District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Earthjustice and Adriano L. Martinez for Communities for a Better Environment as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Wittwer Parkin, William P. Parkin and Jonathan Wittwer for California Chapter of the American Planning Association and California Association of Environmental Professionals as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas E. Montgomery , County Counsel, and Paula Forbis , Deputy County Counsel, for San Diego County Air Pollution Control District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Paul Campos ; Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Michael H. Zischke , Andrew B. Sabey and Christian H. Cebrian for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Perkins Coie, Stephen L. Kostka and Geoffrey L. Robinson for Center for Creative Land Recycling, Burbank Housing, Bridge Housing, First Community Housing, Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California, San Francisco Housing Action Coalition, California Infill Builders Federation, Bay Area Council, Bay Planning Coalition, East Bay Leadership Council, Orange County Business Council, San Mateo County Economic Development Association and Silicon Valley Leadership Group as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Miller Starr Regalia , Arthur F. Coon and Matthew C. Henderson for League of California Cities, County of Tulare, County of Kings and County of Solano as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

We granted review to address the following question: Under what circumstances, if any, does the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code,1 § 21000 et seq.) require an analysis of how existing environmental conditions will impact future residents...

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