A CEQA lawsuit has been filed by a group calling itself the Sacramento Coalition for Shared Prosperity against the planned redevelopment of Sacramento’s downtown mall an new arena. The group states it supports the project but has filed the lawsuit to force more affordable housing out of the deal. Click here for more detail on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit has left many people scratching their heads and pointing to the lawsuit as just the most recent example of CEQA lawsuit abuse over issues that have nothing to do with the environment. Local columnist, Marco Breton, has gone so far as to call the lawsuit a “shakedown,” and states that the group isn’t “even trying to hide the mockery they are making out of CEQA to pursue what they want.” Click here to read Mr. Breton’s full article.
