V LIONS FARMING, LLC v. COUNTY OF KERN

Nos. F084763, F085102, F085220.

100 Cal.App.5th 412 (2024)

V LIONS FARMING, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF KERN et al., Defendants and Respondents; CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

March 7, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel B. Hooper , Susannah T. French , Kevin P. Bundy , Tori B. Gibbons , and Daniel P. Selmi for Plaintiff and Appellant V Lions Farming.

Earthjustice, Colin C. O'Brien and Gregory D. Muren for Plaintiffs and Appellants Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club.

Center on Race, Poverty & The Environment, Caroline Farrell and Daniel I. Ress for Plaintiffs and Appellants Committee for a Better Arvin, Committee for a Better Shafter, and Comité Progreso de Lamont.

Natural Resources Defense Council and Ann Alexander for Plaintiff and Appellant Natural Resources Defense Council.

Center for Biological Diversity and Hollin K. Kretzmann for Plaintiff and Appellant Center for Biological Diversity.

Environmental Law Clinic and Deborah A. Sivas for California Council of Land Trusts as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Environmental Law Clinic, Deborah A. Sivas and Rica Garcia for David J.X. González, Ph.D., Rachel Morello-Frosch, Ph.D., Jill Johnston, Ph.D., Mary Willis, Ph.D., Jonathan Buonocore, Ph.D., Joan A. Casey, Ph.D., and Lisa Mckenzie, Ph.D., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, Andria So , Cara Horowitz and Gabriel F. Greif for H. Bradley Shaffer as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Margo A. Raison , County Counsel, Andrew C. Thomson , Deputy County Counsel; Holland & Knight, Jennifer L. Hernandez , Bradley B. Brownlow , Marne S. Sussman , Daniel R. Golub and Emily M. Lieban for Defendants and Respondents.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Blaine I. Green , Mark E. Elliott , and Eric Moorman for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Western States Petroleum Association.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Craig A. Moyer , Benjamin G. Shatz and Sigrid R. Waggner for Real Party in Interest and Respondent California Independent Petroleum Association.


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OPINION

This is the second appeal addressing whether the County of Kern1 complied with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.)

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