Legal Opinion
Sunset Sky Ranch Pilots Assn. v. County of Sacramento
California Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 2009No. S165861PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CORRIGAN, J.
The County of Sacramento declined to renew a conditional use permit for a privately owned airport. A mandamus petition seeking to prevent the airport’s closure was denied. The Court of Appeal reversed, holding that the county’s action amounted to a “project” subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.; CEQA).
The Court of Appeal erred because it misconstrued the nature of the project at issue. Declining to renew the conditional use permit was not a public project under CEQA, because the county did not…
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