Cleveland Nat. Forest Foundation v. County of San Diego

Filed 3/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST D083555

FOUNDATION et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Super. Ct. No. 37-2022-00044215- v. CU-WM-CTL)

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil. Respondent’s request for judicial notice is granted in part. Reversed. Coast Law Group, Marco A. Gonzalez and Livia B. Beaudin, for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Office of County Counsel, Michael P. Masterson, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent. Agencies responsible for approving a land-use development project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must address its potential significant environmental effects. To streamline this process, these agencies may create “thresholds of significance” to assist in determining whether an environmental effect caused by a project must be evaluated. In 2022, the County of San Diego (County) adopted thresholds of significance that, if met, would in most cases obviate the need for the…