State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Richmond

Decided April 26, 2010. Ignazio John Ruvolo wrote the opinion for the court.

184 Cal. App. 4th 70 · Cited 82 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova · 150 P.3d 709
San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center v. County of Merced · 57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 663
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 764 P.2d 278
Save Our Peninsula Committee v. Monterey County Board of Supervisors · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 326
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 864 P.2d 502
ASS'N OF IRRITATED RESIDENTS v. County of Madera · 133 Cal. Rptr. 2d 718
Berkeley Keep Jets Over the Bay Committee v. Board of Port Commissioners · 111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 598
Sundstrom v. County of Mendocino · 202 Cal. App. 3d 296
Santiago County Water District v. County of Orange · 118 Cal. App. 3d 818
Tuolumne County Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Sonora · 66 Cal. Rptr. 3d 645
Christward Ministry v. County of San Diego · 13 Cal. App. 4th 31
Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District · 226 P.3d 985
Bakersfield Citizens for Local Control v. City of Bakersfield · 22 Cal. Rptr. 3d 203
Gentry v. City of Murrieta · 36 Cal. App. 4th 1359
Napa Citizens for Honest Government v. Napa County Board of Supervisors · 110 Cal. Rptr. 2d 579
California Native Plant Society v. City of Rancho Cordova · 172 Cal. App. 4th 603
Defend the Bay v. City of Irvine · 15 Cal. Rptr. 3d 176
San Joaquin Raptor/Wildlife Rescue Center v. County of Stanislaus · 27 Cal. App. 4th 713
Endangered Habitats League, Inc. v. County of Orange · 32 Cal. Rptr. 3d 177
Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources · 100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 173
City of Santee v. County of San Diego · 214 Cal. App. 3d 1438
Oro Fino Glod Mining Corp. v. County of El Dorado · 225 Cal. App. 3d 872
Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist. v. City of Los Angeles · 58 Cal. App. 4th 1019
Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. v. City of Encinitas · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1597
National Parks & Conservation Ass'n v. County of Riverside · 42 Cal. App. 4th 1505

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Rodeo Citizens Ass'n v. Cnty. of Contra Costa · 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 332
Living Rivers Council v. State Water Res. Control Bd. · 223 Cal. Rptr. 3d 703
Citizens for a Sustainable Treasure Island v. City & County of San Francisco · 227 Cal. App. 4th 1036
Washoe Meadows Cmty. v. Dep't of Parks & Recreation · 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 238
Citizens Coal. L. A. v. City of L. A. · 237 Cal. Rptr. 3d 313
Poet v. State Air Resources Board · 218 Cal. App. 4th 681
Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach · 211 Cal. App. 4th 1209
California Clean Energy Committee v. City of Woodland · 225 Cal. App. 4th 173
League to Save Lake Tahoe v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 739 F. Supp. 2d 1260
Madera Oversight Coalition, Inc. v. County of Madera · 199 Cal. App. 4th 48
Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Malibu · 193 Cal. App. 4th 1538
Rialto Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rialto · 208 Cal. App. 4th 899
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors · 216 Cal. App. 4th 614
Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee · 210 Cal. App. 4th 260
Oakland Heritage Alliance v. City of Oakland · 195 Cal. App. 4th 884
Citizens for East Shore Parks v. State Lands Commission · 202 Cal. App. 4th 549
Cleveland Nat'l Forest Found. v. San Diego Ass'n of Governments · 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 591
John R. Lawson Rock & Oil, Inc. v. State Air Res. Bd. · 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
Parker Shattuck Neighbors v. Berkeley City Council CA1/4 · 222 Cal. App. 4th 768
Stopthemillenniumhollywood.Com. v. City of L.A. · 251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 296
Friends of the Juana Briones House v. City of Palo Alto · 190 Cal. App. 4th 286
City of Long Beach v. City of L. A. · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 23
Paulek v. Department of Water Resources · 231 Cal. App. 4th 35

Explore from here

Ignazio John Ruvolo’s Judicial Record · Cal. Ct. App. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).