Ramona Unified School Dist. v. Tsiknas

Plaintiff Ramona Unified School District (RUSD) sought to construct a school (the project) and, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), issued a mitigated negative declaration (MND) when it approved the project. However, when RUSD subsequently proposed a potential alteration to the project, defendant Neighborhood Alliance for Safe Ramona Schools (NASRS) filed a writ petition alleging RUSDs proposal violated CEQA, and sought an order setting aside the proposed change to the MND and requiring RUSD to prepare an EIR on numerous issues. The trial court rejected NASRSs writ petition, rejected NASRSs request for private attorney general fees, and dismissed the action.