Urban Wildlands Group, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

TURNER, P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant, City of Los Angeles, bureau of street lighting, appeals from an order vacating a judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1 section 473, subdivision (b). Plaintiff, The Urban Wildlands Group, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. The mandate petition and complaint allege a single cause of action challenging defendant’s finding that a project was exempt from formal environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21084, subd. (a); Cal. Code…