City of Irvine v. County of Orange

Opinion

BEDSWORTH, Acting R J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is the third effort by the City of Irvine (Irvine) to stop a proposed expansion of the James A. Musick Facility (the Musick Facility, sometimes called the Musick jail expansion) to reach this court. In City of Lake Forest v. County of Orange (Dec. 8, 2000, G023884) (nonpub. opn.) (Musick I), the Cities of Irvine and Lake Forest challenged the 1996 certification of an environmental impact report (EIR 564) involving a proposed expansion of the Musick Facility from about 1,200 beds to 7,584 beds. Four aspects of EIR 564 were targeted in Musick L…