FRIENDS OF COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS v. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST.

No. S214061.

1 Cal.5th 937 (2016)

FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

September 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Whitlock , County Counsel; Remy Moose Manley , James G. Moose , Sabrina V. Teller and John T. Wheat for Defendants and Appellants.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Andrew B. Sabey and Linda C. Klein for California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Association of the Bay Area and California Business Properties Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Downey Brand , Christian L. Marsh , Andrea P. Clark and Amanda M. Pearson for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and Association of California Water Agencies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Charles F. Robinson , Kelly L. Drumm ; Holland & Knight, Amanda Monchamp and Joanna Meldrum for The Regents of the University of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Brandt-Hawley Law Group and Susan Brandt-Hawley for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Chatten-Brown & Carstens, January Chatten-Brown , Amy Minteer and Josh Chatten-Brown for California Preservation Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Law Office of Sara Hedgpeth-Harris, Inc., and Sara Hedgpeth-Harris for Association of Irritated Residents, Madera Oversight Coalition , Revive the San Joaquin and Sierra Club as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Michael W. Graf for High Sierra Rural Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Tracy L. Winsor and Jeffrey P. Reusch , Deputy Attorneys General, for California Natural Resources Agency and Governor's Office of Planning and Research as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

To ensure that governmental agencies and the public are adequately informed about the environmental impact of public decisions, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) requires a lead agency (id., § 21067) to prepare an environmental impact report...

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