Lehman v. County of Humboldt CA1/2
In December 2019, respondents County of Humboldt, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, Humboldt County Planning Commission, Humboldt County Planning Department, and Humboldt County Planning Director John Ford (collectively, county) approved the applications of real parties in interest Emerald Triangle Group, LLC and Joseph Bilandzija (collectively, Emerald) for special permits to use existing buildings in the town of Garberville as cannabis manufacturing and distributing centers. Petitioner Craig S. Lehman appealed that decision to the county’s Board of Supervisors (the Board), arguing that the project was improperly found to be exempt from the California Environment Quality Act and did not comply with a county ordinance. Before the Board reached a decision on the appeal, Lehman filed a petition for a writ of administrative mandate in the trial court. The trial court denied the petition on the ground that Lehman failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, and this appeal followed
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