ELR Citation: ELR 20150
No(s). S131484 (Cal. Jun 21, 2007)

The Supreme Court of California held that an airport land use commission's adoption of a land use compatibility plan was exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA exempts from further environmental review projects that have no potential to cause a significant effect on the environment. Here, the plan simply incorporates existing general plan and zoning law restrictions on a residential housing development for a large area near the Travis Air Force Base. Therefore, any potential displacement the plan might otherwise have effected already has been caused by the existing land use policies and zoning regulations to which the plan is keyed.

[A prior decision in this litigation can be found at 35 ELR 20011.]