SPRAWLDEF

Filed 4/29/14 Certified for publication 5/28/14 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

SPRAWLDEF et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

A137619

v. SAN FRANCISCO BAY (Solano County CONSERVATION AND Super. Ct. No. FCS039863) DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION et al., Defendants and Appellants,

WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.,

Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

Solano County and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved permits to allow real party in interest Waste Connections, Inc. to expand the Potrero Hills Landfill, which is situated within the secondary management area of the Suisun Marsh. The permits were issued after years of environmental review and litigation under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resource Code, § 2100 et seq.). In the instant writ proceeding, petitioners contend the permit approvals violate the Sonoma County Local Protection Plan and, specifically, a county ordinance, because the expansion will entail some rechanneling of an ephemeral watercourse called…