New CEQA Case Addressing Administrative Record and Inclusion of E-mails

On July 30, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued its decision in Golden Door Properties LLC v. Superior Court of San Diego. This case is significant because the Court addresses the requirement of lead agencies (here, the County of San Diego) to include emails about the project in the administrative record, notwithstanding the County’s record retention policy that provides emails are automatically destroyed after 60 days. We will provide a more in-depth analysis in the coming week.

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