[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Environmental groups sue Richmond in effort to halt big development at Point Molate, " CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental groups sue Richmond in effort to halt big development at Point Molate

By ANNIE SCIACCA 
Bay Area News Group (CA)
October 14, 2020 

RICHMOND - A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club is suing the city of Richmond over its approval of a controversial mixed-use project that would sprout about 1,450 homes and more than 400,000 square feet of commercial space on the Point Molate peninsula, the site of a former military base.

The plaintiffs, which also include groups such as the Golden Gate Audubon Society, California Native Plant Society, Ocean Awareness Project and a collection of people opposed to the project called the Point Molate Alliance, say the city’s environmental impact report failed to properly address the project’s impacts on the environment, sufficiently evaluate alternatives to the development or respond to comments from the public.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in Contra Costa County Superior Court, goes on to say that the project as proposed by Winehaven Legacy, LLC and approved by the City Council is inconsistent with the city’s general plan, thereby rendering it “invalid.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/13/environmental-groups-sue-richmond-over-approval-of-housing-development-at-point-molate/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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