Working Families of Monterey County v. King City Planning Commission CA6

I. INTRODUCTION

This CEQA1 action arises from the proposal of real party in interest Best Development Group, LLC (Best Development) to develop a Grocery Outlet store in King City. The King City Planning Commission (Planning Commission) determined that the Grocery Outlet project was subject to the class 32 categorical exemption from the provisions of CEQA for infill development that is provided by California Code of

California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000,

et seq. All further statutory references are to the Public Resources Code unless otherwise indicated. Regulations, title 14, section 15332, and approved the project.2 Efrain Aguilera appealed the King City Planning Department’s decision to respondent King City Council (City Council), which denied the appeal and approved the Grocery Outlet project as exempt from CEQA pursuant to the class 32 exemption for infill development. Aguilera and Working Families of Monterey County (collectively, Working Families) challenged City Council’s approval of the Grocery Outlet project by filing a petition for writ of mandate contending that the class 32 exemption for infill development did not apply to the…