SIERRA CLUB v. COUNTY OF FRESNO

No. S219783.

6 Cal.5th 502 (2018)

SIERRA CLUB et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF FRESNO et al., Defendants and Respondents; FRIANT RANCH, L.P., Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Sara Hedgpeth-Harris, Sara Hedgpeth-Harris ; Brandt-Hawley Law Group and Susan Brandt-Hawley for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Chatten-Brown & Carstens, Jan Chatten-Brown , Douglas P. Carstens and Amy C. Minteer for Association of Irritated Residents, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air and Coalition for Clean Air as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Michael W. Graf for Center for Biological Diversity as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker and Daniel P. Garrett-Steinman for North Coast Rivers Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ashley E. Werner and Phoebe S. Seaton for Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kevin B. Briggs , County Counsel, and Bruce B. Johnson , Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

Remy Moose Manley, James G. Moose , Tiffany K. Wright and Laura M. Harris for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Catherine T. Redmond and Annette Ballatore-Williamson for San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

The Sohagi Law Group, Margaret M. Sohagi and Philip A. Seymour for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties, California Special Districts Association and Association of California Water Agencies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Lisabeth D. Rothman for California Building Industry Association and Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Best Best & Krieger, Jason M. Ackerman and Fernando Avila for California Association of Environmental Professionals and American Planning Association California Chapter as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Kurt R. Wiese and Barbara Baird for South Coast Air Quality Management District as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

We granted review to determine whether an environmental impact report (EIR), issued as part of a master plan to develop a partial retirement community in Fresno, California, violates the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for failing to include sufficient information on topics the act requires. (Pub....

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