ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20006
No(s). 2:12-0044 (E.D. Cal. Jan 4, 2013) (Shubb, J.)

A district court, in a 114-page opinion, held that a regional planning agency violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved the expansion of a ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The evidence fails to support the agency's finding that a reduced alternative was not economically infeasible. The agency, therefore, may not begin any construction of the project without first preparing, circulating, and considering a legally adequate environmental impact report with regard to the reduced alternative. In all other respects, the defendant-agency's cross-motions for summary judgment were granted.