San Jose Violated CEQA Notification Rule, But ...
- William Fulton
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min read
The City of San Jose violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not providing information about an updated Notice of Determination – but CEQA contains no penalty or remedy for such a violation, an appellate court has ruled. The court also ruled that, even though a citizen group amended its lawsuit to include the correct defendants, the amended lawsuit came after the 30-day deadline for filing CEQA lawsuits. The court said acknowledged that the outcome of the case was “uncomfortable.”