Citizens for a Better Eureka v. City of Eureka

Filed 5/14/25; Certified for Publication 6/11/25 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER

EUREKA,

Plaintiff and Appellant, A170214

v. (Humboldt County CITY OF EUREKA et al., Super. Ct. No. CV2300712) Defendants and Respondents;

WIYOT TRIBE,

Real Party in Interest.

Citizens for a Better Eureka (CBE) filed a petition for writ of mandate pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.1; CEQA) challenging an action by the City of Eureka (the City) and the City of Eureka City Council (the City Council) (collectively, respondents) that authorized the reduction or removal of a City-owned parking lot for redevelopment into affordable housing based on a CEQA exemption.

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Public

Resources Code.

1 The specially appearing Wiyot Tribe (the Tribe), which was selected as the developer for the affordable housing redevelopment but was not named in the writ petition, moved to dismiss the…