California Court of Appeal

Denial of plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate seeking to vacate the approval of Measure A, which imposes a retail sales and use tax to fund transportation projects in the county, is affirmed as a prior CEQA environmental review was not required as Measure A falls within the funding mechanism exclusion of the CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) because it does not constitute a binding commitment to construct the projects set forth in the investment plan.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• PERREN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene S. Wilson, Santa Barbara, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis Marshall, County Counsel, Kevin E. Ready, Sr., Senior Deputy County Counsel;  Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manley, Whitman F. Manley, Tiffany K. Wright and Christopher J. Butcher, for Respondent.