Save the Hill Group v. City of Livermore

Filed 3/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

SAVE THE HILL GROUP,

Plaintiff and Appellant, v. A161573

CITY OF LIVERMORE,

Defendant and Respondent; (Alameda County LAFFERTY COMMUNITIES, INC., Super. Ct. No. RG19020186)

Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

This appeal is from a superior court judgment denying a petition for writ of mandate filed by appellant, Save the Hill Group (Save the Hill), a private group of concerned residents, against respondents, developer and real party in interest, Lafferty Communities, Inc. (Lafferty),1 and the City of Livermore (City). Save the Hill seeks to have set aside the City’s decisions to approve a residential housing development project known as the Garaventa Hills Project (the Project) and to certify a reissued final environmental impact report (RFEIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 2100 et seq.).

Lafferty was formerly known as Livermore LT Venture I Group, LLC. Unless otherwise stated, all statutory citations herein are to…