RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

August 2006

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Sixth District Holds School Closure Decision Properly Exempt from CEQA
San Lorenzo Valley Community Advocates for Responsible Education v. San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District

On May 26, 2006, in a lengthy decision, the Sixth District Court of Appeal upheld the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District’s (LVUSD) decision to close two elementary schools and to transfer students to LVUSD’s other open elementary schools. The closure decision had been challenged on numerous grounds—including that the decision violated the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq., CEQA), school bond financing law, California Public Records Act, Brown Act, and surplus property requirements. The court of appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment for LVUSD.