Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach
Real parties in interest Newport Banning Ranch LLC, Area Energy LLC, and Cherokee Newport Beach, LLC proposed to develop a portion of the approximately 400-acre property, commonly known as Banning Ranch, for residential and commercial purposes, while preserving the remaining acreage as open space and parks (the Project). The City of Newport Beach and its City Council (collectively the City) approved the Project. Banning Ranch Conservancy (the Conservancy), “a community-based organization dedicated to the preservation, acquisition, conservation and management of the entire Banning Ranch as a permanent public open space, park, and coastal nature preserve,” filed a mandamus action against the City.
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