Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions v. City of Healdsburg
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Rivera, J.
The trial court awarded attorney fees to petitioners Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions (HCSS), Janis Grattan, 1 and Millie Bisset (collectively, petitioners) after the court granted in part HCSS’s petition for writ of mandate challenging an environmental impact report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA). In their appeal from the order awarding attorney fees, defendant City of Healdsburg (the City) and real party in interest Sonoma Luxury Resort LLC (SLR) (collectively, defendants) raise a number of challenges to the award. In the published portion of this opinion, we reject defendants’ contention that the trial court erred in awarding attorney fees for the legal services provided by Grattan. In the unpublished portion, we reject the remainder of defendants’ challenges to the fee order, as well as petitioners’ contention in their cross-appeal that the trial court should have used a multiplier to increase the award for Grattan’s services. Finding no abuse of the trial court’s discretion, we shall affirm the order awarding attorney fees.