Harrosh
Harrosh v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Michael Harrosh, No. 2:21-cv-01969-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 A hearings officer of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved George and Virginia Johannessen’s proposal to build a pier on their lakefront residential lot. Michael Harrosh, the Johannessens’ neighbor, opposed their proposal. He appealed the hearings officer’s decision, and 20 the Agency’s governing board rejected Harrosh’s appeal in an eleven-to-zero vote. Harrosh alleges in this case that the governing board’s vote fell short of a specific double supermajority voting requirement imposed by the interstate compact that governs development around Lake Tahoe. He also alleges the pier is too long and unsafe. The parties have each moved for summary judgment. As explained in this order, the governing board’s vote fell short of the compact’s…