City Can't Punt on ESHAs in EIR, Supreme Court Rules

William Fulton
Apr 4, 2017
4 min read

The City of Newport Beach should have considered the probable footprint of environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHA) in its environmental impact report for the controversial Banning Ranch property, the California Supreme Court has ruled.

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