BETTER ENVIRONMENT v. RESOURCES AGENCY

No. C038844.

126 Cal.Rptr.2d 441 (2002)

103 Cal.App.4th 98

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA RESOURCES AGENCY, Defendant and Respondent. CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

As Modified November 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne E. Simon for Plaintiff and Appellant Communities for a Better Environment.

Law Offices of Sharon E. Duggan and Sharon E. Duggan, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant Environmental Protection Information Center.

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellison Folk and Marlena G. Byrne for Plaintiffs and Appellants Environmental Protection Information Center and Desert Citizens Against Pollution.

Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo, Marc D. Joseph, South San Francisco, and Mark R. Wolfe for State Building & Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daniel L. Siegel and Marian E. Moe, Deputy Attorneys General for Defendant and Respondent.

Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & Maccuish, Steven W. Weston, Los Angeles, and Edward J. Casey for Intervener and Appellant.

Girard & Vinson, Christian M. Keiner, Sacramento, and William F. Schuetz, Jr., for California County Superintendents' Educational Services Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant.

M. Reed Hopper and Robin L. Rivett, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant.


DAVIS, Acting P.J.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) authorizes the Secretary of the California Resources Agency (Resources Agency) to adopt "Guidelines" to implement CEQA.1 The Guidelines are published in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.2

In 1998, the Resources Agency adopted significant revisions to the Guidelines.3

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