Leonoff v. Monterey County Bd. of Supervisors

In Leonoff v. Monterey County Bd. of Supervisors (1990) 222 Cal. App. 3d 1337, the court rejected a claim a project description in a mitigated negative declaration was improper. (222 Cal. App. 3d at pp. 1345, 1347.) The Leonoff court stated, "In McQueen, supra, we emphasized the importance of an accurate project description to fulfilling the goals of CEQA. footnote and It is equally important to consider seriously a project's potential environmental impact in its preliminary review and initial study, particularly if no further environmental consideration is likely. However, we are aware of no authority supporting objectors' unstated premise that an initial study is inadequate unless it amounts to a full-blown EIR based on expert studies of all potential environmental impacts. If this were true, the Legislature would not have provided in CEQA for negative declarations." (Id. at p. 1347.)