Cassilly v. City of L.A. CA2/8
Mr. Cassilly is the managing member of Linden Living Project, the owner of real property on Linden Avenue in Venice. In 2015, he filed an application with defendant City of Los Angeles for a coastal development permit to demolish and rebuild the single-family home on his property, asserting a categorical exemption from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.). (Further statutory references, except for section 1021.5, are to the Public Resources Code.) The city decided the categorical exemption did not apply because the property was a historical resource, and required an environmental impact report (EIR). Plaintiffs sought a writ of mandate, as further described, post.
2. CEQA and Historical Resources
Ordinarily, the construction of a single-family residence is a categorical exemption from CEQA. (See § 21084, subd. (a); Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15303, subd.
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