Legal Opinion
City of Santa Clara v. Local Agency Formation Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 1983No. Civ. 53409PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BARRY-DEAL, J.
The Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission (hereafter LAFCO) 1 appeals from a judgment granting the City of Santa Clara’s (hereafter the City) petition for writ of mandate compelling LAFCO to set aside its order denying the City’s petition for annexation of two parcels of undeveloped land. We reverse because LAFCO properly determined that the annexation was not exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (hereafter CEQA) and because it was within LAFCO’s discretion to adopt a policy of discouraging annexation of territory…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Friends of Mammoth v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Bozung v. Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Sierra Club v. City of HaywardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- City of Santa Cruz v. Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- City of Carmel-By-The-Sea v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
3Cited by4 opinions
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- City of Redding v. Shasta County Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- Citizens for Responsible Open Space v. San Mateo County Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008