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Land Use,
Environmental & Energy

Aug. 3, 2022

Massive development near Lake Tahoe is blocked

“The County committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion by failing to comply with CEQA when it approved the project and certified the EIR,” Placer County Judge Michael W. Jones wrote in his order issued Friday in Sierra Watch v. Placer County.

A Placer County judge has blocked a massive new development on Lake Tahoe. Judge Michael W. Jones found the county violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved the project in 2016.

“The County committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion by failing to comply with CEQA when it approved the project and certified the EIR,” Jones wrote in his order issued Friday. Sierra Watch v. Placer County, SCV0038777 (Placer Super. Ct....

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