ENVIRONMENTAL - CALIFORNIA

Golden Door Properties, LLC v. County of San Diego

Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 1, California - June 12, 2020 - Cal.Rptr.3d - 2020 WL 3119041 - 20 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5357 - 2020 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5754

Objectors filed separate petitions against county for writ of mandate and for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging county’s approval of climate action plan (CAP), guidelines for determining significance of climate change, threshold of significance for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and supplemental environmental impact report (SEIR), which included GHG mitigation measure allowing purchase of carbon offsets anywhere in the world.

Actions were consolidated. The Superior Court granted peremptory writ of mandate ordering county to set aside its approvals and certification of SEIR, entered permanent injunction prohibiting county from relying on GHG mitigation measure, and, subsequently, declared that CAP and final SEIR were legally inadequate. County appealed, and appeals were consolidated.

The Court of Appeal held that:



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