San Diego Citizenry v. Cty. of San Diego

Filed 7/30/13; pub. order 8/26/13 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SAN DIEGO CITIZENRY GROUP, D059962

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2010-00099703-

CU-TT-CTL)

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Timothy

B. Taylor, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Coast Law Group, Christian C. Polychron and Marco A. Gonzalez for Plaintiff

and Appellant.

Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, and James R. O'Day, Deputy County

Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Starting in 2006, defendant County of San Diego (County) began exploring ways

to encourage the growth of local grapes and the wine industry in the eastern region of the

county by adopting regulatory amendments streamlining the winery approval process and allowing small boutique wineries "by right." As part of this process, the County Board of

Supervisors (BOS) certified a final environmental impact report (FEIR) under the

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Tiered…