Napa Citizens for Honest Government v. Napa County Board of Supervisors
Opinion
Opinion
Stein, J.
On October 20, 1998, the Napa County (the County) Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution certifying a final subsequent environmental impact report (the FSEIR) and adopting an updated specific plan (the Updated Specific Plan) for the development of an unincorporated area surrounding the Napa County Airport. Two citizens groups and the City of American Canyon, a city located within the County, responded to the County’s actions by filing complaints and petitions for writ of mandate challenging the County’s general plan (General Plan), the Updated Specific Plan and the certification of the FSEIR. (The challengers will be referred to, collectively, as Petitioners.) The superior court sustained demurrers to the causes of action challenging the General Plan, ruling that they were time-barred. It later entered judgment granting the petition for writ of mandate, ruling that the FSEIR was inadequate and that the Updated Specific Plan was invalid.
The County has filed an appeal from the judgment. Petitioners have filed a cross-appeal from the order sustaining the demurrer to the causes of action challenging the County’s General Plan.