Legal Opinion
Towards Responsibility in Planning v. City Council
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 1988No. H002967PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRAUER, J.
In this case a citizens’ group, Towards Responsibility in Planning (TRIP), challenges decisions of the San Jose City Council (City) to rezone several properties in North Coyote Valley from agricultural to campus/industrial. The landholders, the Koll Company (Koll), Tandem Computers, Inc. (Tandem), and Sobrato Development Companies (Sobrato), who seek to develop their properties in conformance with the new zoning, are real parties in interest. TRIP’S contentions are these:
1) The rezoning violated Government Code section 65030.2 in that City did not properly consider the fiscal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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