California Court of Appeal

In a suit to prevent construction of a housing complex for senior citizens, defendant-City was justified in not preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) where, based on the project's environmental context, there is no environmentally significant aesthetic effect that requires a EIR.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2004
• Published 09/20/2004

Judges

• KAY, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Brandt-Hawley Law Group, Susan Brandt-Hawley, Glen Ellen, Paige J. Swartley, for Appellants., Richard Pettler, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants., Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellen J. Garber, Marc B. Mihaly, Jenny K. Harbine, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest, Affordable Housing Associates.


• For Appellees:
  
• Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, Zach Cowan, Berkeley, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent, City of Berkeley., Goldfarb & Lipman, Richard A. Judd, Rafael Mandelman, for Sierra Club Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent and Real Party in Interest.