Supreme Court of California

In a case involving the Subdivision Map Act, the court finds that the city of Goleta, a newly incorporated city, had discretion to disapprove a final subdivision map even though the vesting tentative subdivision map had been approved by the county, and further, actions taken by the city did not divest it of this discretion or subject it to estoppel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2006
• Published 12/21/2006

Judges

• CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie Hayward Biggs, City Attorney;  Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Brian A. Pierik, Geralyn L. Skapik, Amy E. Morgan, Riverside;  Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel Hooper and Ellison Folk, San Francisco, for Petitioners., Meyers, Nave, Ribak, Silver & Wilson, Peter S. Hayes, Amrit S. Kulkami and Kyle W. LaLonde, Oakland, for League of California Cities and City of Laguna Woods as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners., Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, G. Scott Emblidge and Rachel J. Sater, San Francisco, for Carmel Valley Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners., Law Offices of Donald B. Mooney and Donald B Mooney, Davis, for Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation and Santa Barbara Shores Homeowner's Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners., Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory, Patrick E. Breen, Anthony J. Oliva, Patrick A. Perry, Los Angeles; Hollister & Brace, Richard C. Monk, Marcus Bird, Santa Barbara; Lascher & Lascher and Wendy C. Lascher, Ventura, for Real Party in Interest., June Babiracki Barlow, Los Angeles, and Grant Michiaki Habata for California Association of Realtors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Stoel Rives and James P. Corn, Sacramento, for Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Stephen Shane Stark, County Counsel (Santa Barbara), Alan L. Seltzer, Chief Assistant County Counsel, and Kelly A. Casillas, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., California Rural Legal Assistance and Kirk Ah-Tye, Santa Barbara, for Kathryn Lubahn as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., James S. Burling, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Hill & Trager and Russell R. Ruiz, Santa Barbara, for Goleta Water District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Richard Kelton, Santa Monica, for Bollenbacher & Kelton, Inc. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Reetz, Fox & Bartlett and Randall Fox, Santa Barbara, for coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Nick Cammarota for California Building Industry Association and California Land Surveyors Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorney General, and Denise Ferkich Hoffman, Deputy Attorney General, for Department of Housing and Community Development as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No Appearance for Respondent.