Coalition for a Sustainable Future in Yucaipa v. City of Yucaipa
Annotate this CaseCoalition for a Sustainable Future in Yucaipa filed a petition for writ of mandate against the City of Yucaipa and its City Council challenging Yucaipa's approval of Oak Hills Marketplace (Project), a shopping center to be developed by Target Corporation (Target) on acreage owned by Palmer General Corporation. That petition, filed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was denied, and Coalition appealed that decision. The appeal became moot when Target abandoned the Project due to a contract dispute with Palmer. The Court of Appeal directed that the order denying mandate be reversed with directions to dismiss the action with prejudice due to mootness. Coalition then brought a motion for attorneys' fees in the trial court, asserting that its petition was the catalyst for Yucaipa's action to revoke the entitlements. The trial court denied the motion and Coalition appealed again. This time, Coalition argued the denial of attorneys' fees was error because the mandamus petition was the catalyst motivating Yucaipa to revoke the entitlements, the relief Coalition had sought in the trial court. Finding no reversible error, the Court of Appeal affirmed.
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