Turner v. City of Seal Beach
Feb 27, 2014OUTCOME: Non-suit granted following Plaintiff's opening statement
Police liability
Long Beach, CA
Government Lawyer at Long Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Government, Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: Non-suit granted following Plaintiff's opening statement
Police liability
OUTCOME: City's certification of EIR upheld on appeal.
Banning Ranch Conservancy petitioned for writ of mandate challenging City of Newport Beach's certification of environmental impact report (EIR) for the Sunset Ridge Park project. The Court of Appeal u ... pheld the City's certification of the ERI and found that: (1) EIR did not engage in improper piecemeal review in excluding pending residential and commercial development from the project definition; (2) EIR adequately analyzed cumulative traffic impact; (3) evidence supported finding that the project would not have growth-inducing impact; (4) evidence supported finding that mitigation would reduce impact on threatened bird to less than significant level; and (5) EIR adequately analyzed consistency with California Coastal Act.