Legal Opinion
Defend the Bay v. City of Irvine
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 2004No. G032062PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEDSWORTH, J.
Defend the Bay appeals from a judgment that denied its petition for a peremptory writ of mandate to compel the City of Irvine (the City) to rescind its approval of an environmental impact report (EIR). It argues there is insufficient evidence to support conclusions regarding impacts in three areas—housing, agricultural resources, and biological resources. We disagree, and so affirm.
At issue is the City’s plan for development of the Northern Sphere, a 7,743-acre site northeast of the former Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro. On June 4, 2002, the city council adopted a…
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