Mira Mar Mobile Community v. City of Oceanside

In this action brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.), Mira Mar Mobile Community (Mira Mar) and Logan Boggs (together plaintiffs) appeal a judgment denying their petition for writ of mandate challenging the certification of an environmental impact report (FIR) for a proposed development project known as the Renaissance Terrace Condominiums (the project). (All undesignated statutory references are to the Public Resources Code.)

Plaintiffs contend that the decision by the Oceanside Community Development Commission (CDC) and the City of Oceanside (together, the City) to certify the FIR violated CEQA because the report (1) did not identify feasible project alternatives; (2) inadequately analyzed the project’s impact on their property; (3) inadequately mitigated the significant biological effects of the project on coastal sage scrub; and (4) contained inadequate findings. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment denying the writ.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The project is a planned 96-unit condominium development to be constructed on 7.5 acres of private property located within the City’s…