California Court of Appeal

Denial of plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate in their challenge of the use by defendant-Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) of a statutory rate-setting exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is affirmed where: 1) the administrative record contains substantial evidence that MTA's fare increase was enacted for one or more permissible purposes under Pub. Resources Code section 21080(b)(8); and 2) the MTA's findings satisfy the specificity requirement in that provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2009
• Published 11/10/2009

Judges

• BOREN, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Natural Resources Defense Council, David Pettit, Tim Grabiel for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jones Day, Elwood Lui, Brian D. Hershman, Brian M. Hoffstadt, Erica L. Reilley, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.