Update--March 8, 2012

The Court of Appeal has now decided in favor of Berkeley Hillside Preservation in this case, ordered a full Environmental Impact Report for this project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and denied a subsequent request to rehear the case. The ruling thus stands as originally stated, with minor changes in one paragraph.

>>See Press Release with full Appeal Court ruling

>>See a Summary of the case up to this Appeal below, and

>> Slide Show of various exhibits

>>Daily Californian : Article concerning the Appeal Court decision

>>Berkeley Daily Planet: Article concerning the Appeal Court decision

>>Berkeley Daily Planet: Article concerning the Berkeley City Council Meeting on the first Appeal

>>Berkeleyside: Article concerning the Appeal Court decision

>>San Francisco Chronicle: Article concerning the Appeal Court decision

>>Discussion of the implications of the case at a CEQA blog: http://ceqablog.blogspot.com/

>>Documents submitted to the Appeal Court: Berkeley Hillside Preservation-Opening and Reply Briefs

 

The Superior Court hearing on the Berkeley Hillside Preservation (BHP) lawsuit under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was held on December 2, 2010, before Judge Frank Roesch

>>Documents submitted to the Superior Court concerning this CEQA lawsuit: BHP Brief, Opponents Brief, BHP Reply Brief

>>Final ruling by the Superior Court (see esp. pages 16 and 17)

>>Press release concerning the lawsuit filed in Superior Court under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) on May 27, 2010


>>Berkeleyside: Archive of articles concerning 2707 Rose