The following is our summary of the Supreme Court’s actions on petitions for review in civil cases from the Court’s conference on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. The summary includes those civil cases in which (1) review has been granted, (2) review has been denied but one or more justices has voted for review, or (3) the Court has ordered depublished an opinion of the Court of Appeal.

Review Granted

California Native Plant Society v. County of Los Angeles (Newhall Land and Farming Company), S230336—Review Granted & Held—December 9, 2015

The Supreme Court granted review and ordered briefing deferred pending finality of the decision in Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Nov. 30, 2015, S217763) _ Cal.App.4th _ [2015 WL 7708312], which addressed issues under the California Environmental Quality Act. A rehearing petition in Center for Biological Diversity was filed on December 14, 2015.

In California Native Plant Society, in an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Five, affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment that upheld: the certification of an environmental impact report, the approval of an overriding considerations statement, two conditional use permits, factual findings there was substantial conformity with certain grading and set back requirements, issuance of two oak tree permits, issuance of a parking permit, and approval of a vesting tentative tract map.

Review Denied (with dissenting justices)

None.

Depublished

None.