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Land Use,
Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Jan. 13, 2023

Attorney tells court noise is a CEQA violation

The focus issue during the hearing was student noise, after a tentative ruling stated the university’s plan may violate CEQA because of too much noise and it did not try to find alternative locations for the construction.

Neighborhood groups near UC Berkeley asked appellate judges Thursday to overturn a lower-court ruling that the school’s long-range development plan and accompanying environmental impact report had complied with the California Environmental Quality Act and construction plans for new student housing could proceed.

Make UC A Good Neighbor and The People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group claimed UC Berkeley had not done its due diligence...

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