The Committee for Re-Evaluation of the T-Line Loop v. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Annotate this CaseThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) approved a contract to install the last 900 feet of light rail line needed to complete a “Loop” around a city block in the Dogpatch neighborhood to allow trains to turn around to meet service needs for special events and peak travel periods. The first part of the track was laid more than 10 years ago, and operates as part of the T-Third line. With the 2014 contract, Muni authorized the construction of light rail line to connect existing spurs. Plaintiffs sued, claiming that Muni failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000. When Muni approved the contract, it relied in part on an environmental impact report that was certified in 1998 in connection with plans to connect the southeastern portion of San Francisco to the rest of the city and on statements by the San Francisco Planning Department that CEQA required no further assessments or environmental impact reports for the project. The court of appeal upheld the approval; substantial evidence supports the determination to proceed under Public Resources Code section 21166 rather than section 21151 and the determination that no further environmental impact report for the Loop was required.
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