San Diegans for Open Government v. City of SD
Office of the San Diego City Attorney, Mara W. Elliott and M. Travis Phelps for Defendant and Respondent.
San Diegans for Open Government (SDOG) appeals from an adverse judgment in its lawsuit challenging an amended and restated lease that the City of San Diego (City) entered into with Symphony Asset Pool XVI, LLC (Symphony) to lease City-owned land containing an oceanfront amusement park in San Diego's Mission Beach neighborhood, and potentially extending the term of a prior lease of the premises for a significant additional period. Specifically, SDOG contends (1) the City's approval of the amended and restated lease violates Proposition G, passed by the City's electorate in 1987, to limit commercial development on the premises; (2) the City improperly concluded that its decision to enter into the amended and restated lease was exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA) because it concerned an
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