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BANNING RANCH CONSERVANCY v. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH

No. S227473.

2 Cal.5th 918 (2017)

BANNING RANCH CONSERVANCY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH et al., Defendants and Appellants, NEWPORT BANNING RANCH LLC et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

March 30, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leibold McClendon & Mann, John G. McClendon , Douglas M. Johnson and David H. Mann for Plaintiff and Appellant.

The Law Office of Julie M. Hamilton, Julie M. Hamilton and Leslie Gaunt for Friends of the Canyon as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker , Alexis E. Krieg and Daniel P. Garrett-Steinman for North Coast Rivers Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lisa T. Belenky ; Coast Law Group and Marco Gonzalez for Center for Biological Diversity, California Native Plant Society and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Aaron Harp , City Attorney, Leonie Mulvihill , Assistant City Attorney; Remy Moose Manley , Whitman F. Manley and Jennifer S. Holman for Defendants and Appellants.

Thomas Law Group and Tina Thomas for California Infill Builders Federation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Joshua P. Thompson and Christopher M. Kieser for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

The Sohagi Law Group, Margaret M. Sohagi , Nicole H. Gordon and R. Tyson Sohagi for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Susan K. Hori and Benjamin G. Shatz for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, John A. Saurenman , Assistant Attorney General, and Jamee Jordan Patterson , Deputy Attorney General, for California Coastal Commission as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

The City of Newport Beach (the City) approved a project for the development of a parcel known as Banning Ranch. Banning Ranch Conservancy (BRC) opposed the project and sought a writ of mandate to set aside the approval. It alleged two grounds for relief: (1) the environmental impact report (EIR) was inadequate...

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