Legal Opinion
Clover Valley Foundation v. City of Rocklin
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 8, 2011No. C061808PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.
INTRODUCTION
This is a case where CEQA worked.1 The City of Rocklin (the City) in 2007 approved a residential development project for an undeveloped area of the City known as Clover Valley. The approval culminated more than 10 years of planning and environmental review for the site’s development. Since 1981, zoning authorized nearly 1,000 homes for the site. The site’s owners applied to develop a project for that size in 1991, and environmental review began in earnest in 1995. As a result of environmental concerns analyzed since then, the approved project is…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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