Centinela Hospital Assn. v. City of Inglewood

Centinela Hospital Association, doing business as Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Centinela or Centinela Hospital) appeals from “summary judgment” entered in continued favor of defendants City of Inglewood and City Council of the City of Inglewood (hereinafter referred to collectively as City) and real party in interest Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service on Centinela’s first amended petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, in which Centinela challenged City’s grant to Didi Hirsch of a special use permit for construction of a 15-bed crisis psychiatric facility. The principal issues on this appeal are whether City properly determined the facility was categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and whether Centinela’s amended petition for writ of mandate states viable claims challenging City’s decision to grant real party’s special use permit.

Factual and Procedural Background

A. Administrative Proceedings

Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service (Didi Hirsch) is the owner of a 13,338 square-foot parcel of property located at 1007 Myrtle Avenue in the City of Inglewood, and zoned R-M…