RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

April 2006

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First District Upholds Settlement of CEQA Challenge to Rohnert Park’s General Plan
108 Holdings, Ltd., et al. v. City of Rohnert Park, ___Cal.App.4th___

On January 31, 2006, in a case involving an underlying California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) challenge to the City of Rohnert Park’s General Plan, the First District Court of Appeal found that the city did not unlawfully surrender its police power by settling the litigation, and that the settlement terms did not impermissibly amend the city’s general plan. In so holding, the court affirmed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the City of Rohnert Park.