Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova

*421Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

The County of Sacramento (County) approved a community plan for a large, mixed-use development project proposed by real parties in interest in this mandate action (real parties), as well as a specific plan for the first portion of that development. A group of objectors to the development (plaintiffs) brought a petition for writ of mandate to overturn, on a variety of grounds, the County’s approval. The superior court denied the petition, and the Court of Appeal affirmed.

We granted review to consider plaintiffs’ claims, arising under the California Environmental Quality Act…